JAPAN’S FOOD SECTOR RECOVERING FROM EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

BY GAVIN BLAIR THE JAPANESE food industry is making significant progress in recovering from the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded, and the ensuing tsunami which has been measured as reaching heights of 38 metres. "The situation is changing day by day, but food processing plants are almost back to full operation and major transportation networks are already mostly normalised, although there are still problems along the coastal areas," said Taneo Moriyama, managing director of food and retail market intelligence specialist Insight Inc. The Aeon ...


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