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Japanese turn trees into noodles as agriculture industry learns to adapt

Published Wed, Nov 18, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

FACED with tightening competition for the textiles it's been making for almost 100 years, Omikenshi Co is trying to get into the health-food business, using its cloth-making technology to turn trees into noodles.

The Osaka-based company's best-selling product is rayon, a fibre made from tree pulp. Using a similar process, Omikenshi is turning the…

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