By HARUFUMI MORI/ Staff Writer
February 15, 2022 at 18:40 JST
A factory in the Yoshino area of Nara Prefecture, which is renowned for the production of disposable wooden chopsticks. Photo taken in August 2014 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets. [Read More]
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