Rice is the bedrock of Japanese cuisine, and with terms like ‘sushi ... black and white sesame seeds, ground ginger, seaweed and poppy seeds. Ume plums are picked in their thousands every ...

Nori is a type of seaweed that has been used as a staple in Japanese cuisine. It is not only used in Sushi but several other dishes. Nori is made from the red algae species Porphyra which then ...

In Japan, a nation surrounded by the sea, seaweed has been part of the diet ... Akiko Watanabe is a cooking expert specializing in Japanese cuisine. Keiko Yoshinaga is a researcher at Riken ...

Eating seaweed could help prevent Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers in Japan, where the highly nutritious plant has long been a staple crop. A team from Osaka Metropolitan University ...