Last November, Tokyo-based firm Biomass Resin opened a factory in Namie to turn locally grown rice into pellets. The raw materials are reborn as low-carbon plastic cutlery and takeout containers ...

Out of nowhere, rice producers decided to sell rice in an unusual form: divided into plastic bags. Many people didn't like ...

When the plastic packaging is heated ... attention should also be paid to the quality of the rice. Rice produced in China, ...