In Shiga food comes in so many delicious tastes and flavors born out of a rich natural environment and the prefecture's long history. In addition to Omi Beef, one of Japan's top three Wagyu beef ...

Funazushi, which has been served for centuries and uses round crucian carp fished from Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture ... another fermented food, to conceptualise a modern take on funazushi.

Izutsuya in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, was founded in 1854 ... ($9.50), which went on sale in 1987 as “bullet train gourmet food” to coincide with the privatization of the Japanese National ...

I have said this too many times. In the 1990’s ninety percent of the work I did were E. coli O157:H7 cases linked to ...

Hongkongers should avoid eating a French raw milk cheese product by Perrin Vermot found to be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E coli bacteria, the food safety watchdog has said.

In a nation as culturally rich as Japan, it can be hard to know how to spend your time there. Here are ten of our favorite ...

Sixteen years ago today, on March 14, 2009, President Barack Obama addressed the nation with a clear and urgent message: Food safety is not ...

AISHO, Shiga Prefecture--Residents here started a crowdfunding drive to help a COVID-19-hit school that was set up as a lifeline for Brazilian children struggling to adapt to life in Japan.

"Our new techniques could help to predict and prevent future outbreaks." Researchers make concerning discovery after ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — Struggling to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41% greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife ...

SHIGA (TR) – Shiga Prefectural Police launched an investigation after a man in his 70s was found collapsed and bleeding in an apartment in Otsu City later died. Meanwhile, a woman believed to be his ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to Qiagen’s QIAstat-Dx Gastrointestinal Panel 2 Mini B, ...