The National Diet of Japan (国会, kokkai?) is Japan's bicameral legislature composed of a lower house, the House of Representatives and an upper house, the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. As well as passing laws, the Diet is formally responsible for selecting the Prime Minister. The Diet was first convened as the Imperial Diet in 1889 as a result from adopting the Meiji constitution. The Diet took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the postwar constitution and is considered by the Constitution to be the highest organ of state power. The National Diet Building is located in Nagatachō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Japanese dieters are using the photo cell phones to send in photos of their food and get back analysis on the impact of their choices.

The largest study examining the relationship between the traditional soy-rich Japanese diet and development of prostate cancer in Japanese men has come to a seemingly contradictory conclusion: intake of isoflavone chemicals, derived largely from soy foods, decreased the risk of localized prostate cancer but increased the risk of advanced prost[...]

Until 1948, there were tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war being used as conscript laborers by the British authorities in South East Asia. They existed on only half a normal PoW diet; men were routinely forced to kneel and beg their captors for food. Nearly 9,000 of them died of malnutrition or disease.

The geniuses in Japan have provided us with some of the worlds most fascinating technology, not to mention awesome entertainment devices like the PS3 and the Wii. So when you discover something like THIS is a staple of their diet, you have to wonder. Maybe we Americans need to start eating more disgusting foods to become more competitive? (Pic Too)

From what i know, japanese are very particular at their food.Besides tasty, the look of the food must be good and it should have good diet.Plus, more and more people are very health concious right now,i think McGrand Tomato should have a good market in Japan.