NARITA, Chiba Prefecture--Passengers wanting to bring home a slice of Japan can now include “wagyu” beef in their checked baggage on international flights of budget carrier Zipair Tokyo Inc ...

You taste it and suddenly you understand why people rave about Wagyu beef and the unique flavour of this finest and most exclusive of meats. It's a special kind of beef from Japan, but before we get ...

The venture comes as beef prices soar. Japanese wholesale prices of frozen US beef belly used in gyudon were up 80 per cent on the year at 1,450 yen to 1,530 yen per kilogram, and Yoshinoya raised ...