日本では、諸外国と比較して食生活におけるトランス脂肪酸の平均摂取量は少なく、相対的に健康への影響は少ないと主張する説もある。の英語

Compared to many other countries, the average intake of trans-fats per person in Japan is low and it is hypothesized that it does not have a strong impact on health.

It is a shameful fact that, while there are lands where people suffer from hunger, within Japan there are many households and restaurants where much food is thrown away.

The Earth Policy Institute in the United States recently reported that world bicycle production in 2000 climbed to 101 million, more than double the production of automobiles.

Our aim is to curtail waste of energy so that we can stretch out oil and gas supplies until past the turn of the century.

According to the report, in this situation, it is necessary to increase income tax, and increase the consumption tax to 10 percent or more.

She was assigned to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002 by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and started to work on outbreak responses and pandemic preparedness.

In Japan, elementary and junior high schools are trying to cut costs for their school lunches, but many schools have already had to raise their school lunch fees.

On May 12, Fukuda Keiji, an assistant director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), told the press that a new coronavirus can be transmitted as the result of close contact.

But because of Chinese food safety concerns, Japanese have recently tended to avoid imported food from China.

A British newspaper wrote that typical Japanese office workers receive only 1,000 yen a day from their wives for their lunch and cigarettes and that millions of office workers may go hungry now that gyudon providers have run out of U.S. beef.

Omura and William Campbell, a scientist at Drew University in the United States, won for discoveries responsible for the creation of a drug therapy against parasitic infections.

I wonder what effect technical advances such as the Internet, mobile phones and digitalization technology have on the people's awareness, actions and interest in politics.

Meanwhile, Japanese supermarkets and food wholesale companies are tightening measures on the quality control of food products imported from China.

In the past 10 years, according to the white paper, the number of long-term unemployed increased by four times over all and tripled as a proportion of the labor force (people who are 15 and over and willing to work).

Employee earnings are composed of not just salary, but also including employer expenditures such as social security and all sorts of insurance.

The German government is planning to supply 20 percent of its electricity needs with wind power and other recyclable energy sources by 2020.

The World Health Organization, an agency of the United Nations, has warned travelers not to visit Hong Kong and Guangdong Province in China.

The most recent applicants included 30 people who had met the minimum height requirement of 173 centimeters and weight requirement of 75 kilograms, and 6 people who had passed physical fitness tests in February.

In China, there are about 350 million smokers, and it is estimated that about 1.2 million people die every year of diseases which are caused by smoking.

As a result of such efforts, the plane saved 29 drums of fuel and produced 14,196 fewer kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions.

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) exhibited Japanese fruits and processed agricultural products at the China AG Trade Fair.

Solar energy seems to offer more hope than any other source of energy, particularly because those areas most in need of water lie rather close to the equator and have a relatively clear atmosphere.

That is almost equivalent to the market capitalization of McDonald's Corporation, the world-famous fast food company, and more than the capitalization of Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet mail-order company.

People in developed countries are overeating while in developing countries many people, especially children, are suffering from hunger or malnutrition.

Because of the increase in disputes between the owner and the laborers over matters pertaining to labor relationships, there is a resolution of individual labor disputes system to quickly settle these issues.

He also said the corporate tax rate will be reduced so companies will have more funds available for capital investment, R&D, and wage increases.

According to the survey, 45.3 percent of the respondents left their unfinished soft drinks in their bags for over a day.

According to a survey by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in 2002, there are about 246 million children in the world who work for a living under unfair conditions.

Japanese consumers are watching closely the U.S. government's efforts to make Japan dismantle various restrictions on imports of foreign goods into the country.

Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.