By IKUYA TANAKA/ Staff Writer
April 7, 2020 at 07:30 JST
Food items with imperfections delivered from Kuradashi.jp are available at the Shunpachi Seikaten vegetable and fruit shop. (Ikuya Tanaka)
Millions of tons of foodstuffs, most of it still perfectly edible, needlessly goes to waste in Japan each year. Out of this has grown a business to buy up unsold foodstuffs for resale online and through other venues at sharply reduced prices. [Read More]
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