Food pedagogies in Japan: From the implementation of the Basic Law on Food Education to Fukushima

Author/s: Cornelia Reiher

Edition: Volume 52, Number 3, November 2012

Summary: Japan’s Basic Law on Food Education (Shokuiku kihonhō) was enacted in June 2005 as a response to various concerns related to food and nutrition, such as food scandals, an increase in obesity and lifestyle-related diseases and an assumed loss of traditional food culture. Continue reading “Food pedagogies in Japan: From the implementation of the Basic Law on Food Education to Fukushima”