To support struggling families and encourage population growth, free school lunch programs have risen dramatically across Japan, although some municipalities are struggling to keep these going.

According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), the number of municipalities providing completely free school lunches to public elementary and junior high ...

Ever since 1954, kyushoku (school lunch) has been an official part of the Japanese school curriculum. Over the years, the laws and menu items have changed, from adding the role of a nutritionist ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Musashino City School Lunch & Dietary Education Promotion Foundation in Japan prepares massive quantities of school lunches, called kyushoku, every day. More from ...

Specifically, it’s FamilyMart’s Famichiki boneless fried chicken fillets, the chain’s best-selling item, that will be part of school lunches for 15 elementary schools and eight junior ... It’s worth ...