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Global matcha obsession drinks Japan’s tea farms dry
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - At a minimalist Los Angeles matcha bar, powdered Japanese tea is prepared with precision, despite a global shortage driven by the bright green drink’s social media stardom.
Pandemic overshadows Japan's New Year tuna auction
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» TOKYO - Tokyo's annual New Year tuna auction ended Tuesday without the usual jaw-dropping bidding war, with the country's "Tuna King" holding back on gunning for the top fish, citing the pandemic woes affecting the restaurant industry.
Japan 'Tuna King' buys new year catch for B54m
AFP, Published on 05/01/2020
» TOKYO: A celebrated Japanese sushi businessman, nicknamed "Tuna King", paid more than 50 million baht for a giant tuna at New Year's auction at Tokyo's main fish market on Sunday.
First tuna auction at Japan's 'new Tsukiji' market
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» TOKYO: The cries of the raucous pre-dawn tuna auction rang out for the first time at Tokyo's new fish market Thursday, just days after the world-famous Tsukiji site closed the door on its 83-year history.
Sayonara Tsukiji! Relocation of Tokyo's famed fish market begins
AFP, Published on 07/10/2018
» TOKYO - Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site.
Going, going, gone! Tokyo's Tsukiji holds last tuna auction before move
AFP, Published on 06/10/2018
» TOKYO - Tokyo fishmongers gathered before dawn Saturday for one final tuna auction at the world-famous Tsukiji market before it closes its doors and moves to a new site.
Last orders as Tokyo's Tsukiji market relocates
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» TOKYO: For decades, Tokyo's Tsukiji market has been the beating heart of a world-class culinary capital, supplying Michelin-starred chefs and drawing tourists who queue for hours to glimpse pre-dawn tuna auctions.
Operation Tsukiji: Tokyo battles rats as iconic market shuts
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» TOKYO - The operation must be ruthless, thorough and silent. Without alerting the watchful enemy, a unit of highly trained Japanese agents will throw up a ring of steel to block any escape from the vast battleground.
March 20, 1995: The sarin attack that turned Tokyo into a 'warzone'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO - On a sunny Tokyo morning in March 1995, passengers crammed onto the world's busiest subway for their normal uncomfortable rush-hour commute, unaware that a few minutes later their home city would resemble a warzone.