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Many children and civilians are still under threat due to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. UNICEF has announced a long-term support plan and is asking the international community for approximately $949 million (approximately 118.6 billion yen)*1 in assistance. On the other hand, Russia's military spending is said to be as much as $20 billion*2 (about 2.6 trillion yen) per day, including the loss of weapons, and enormous military expenditures are being made every day.   What is the world's military spending? The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden announced that the world's military spending ...

Many of you may think that you have been hearing the terms “food loss” and “food loss” a lot lately. Currently, Japan and the rest of the world are facing a variety of problems caused by food loss. There is a growing international movement to reduce food loss.   What is food loss! What is “food loss” anyway? It refers to food that is thrown away even though it can still be eaten. It does not include originally inedible parts (such as bones and seeds of fish). In Japanese, the term “food loss” or “food loss” is used. In the ...

Food, an essential part of human life, is a major theme in the SDGs. Food loss is closely related to global food and hunger issues.   World Hunger Issues   The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI) published in July 2021 by five UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, WHO) The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI), published by UNICEF, WFP, and WHO, estimates that up to 811 million people worldwide suffer from hunger. This is a sharp increase from the 2019 data and is believed to be due to ...

Various efforts are being made in Japan and other countries around the world to reduce food loss around the world. Each of us, as consumers, should be concerned about food loss and make choices to improve food loss with an eye to the global food problem, which will lead to changing the cycle of mass production and mass consumption and to changing the world food distribution system.   Food Distribution in Japan In the Japanese food distribution industry, there is a business practice known as the “one-third rule. The figure below illustrates the one-third rule when the best-before date is ...