The first thing that hits you when you walk into Heidi Nestler's house is the smell. There's a musk hanging in the air that you can't really place—unless you've had Japanese natto. The fermented ...

"Natto" fermented soybeans, considered by many as a healthy source of protein, is just one of many food items missing from supermarkets nationwide amid the disaster triggered by the March 11 quake and ...

Then Calbee Inc. President Shuji Ito, second from right, promotes "ika-ninjin" flavored potato chips to Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori, center, at the prefectural government office in Fukushima, on ...