Chopsticks have long been used in East Asia since 1200 BC, appearing first in China, then spreading to Japan and Korea as well as Vietnam. Millenia later, chopsticks in China, Japan and Korea are ...

TOKYO - Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are you'll be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China. But not for long. In a move that has pleased ...

Chopsticks are not just eating utensils in several Asian cultures, they are a symbol of tradition and etiquette ...

About one-third of Chinese chopsticks go to Japan and South Korea, while most of the remainder are used locally, according to a recent U.S. Embassy report quoting a Chinese newspaper Jiefang Daily.

Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are you'll be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China. But not for long. In a move that has cheered ...

That caused an uproar in Japan, which buys about 99% of its disposable wooden chopsticks from China. Japanese newspapers have reported that China intends to end all chopstick exports to Japan in 2008.

Chopsticks - these two equal-length ‘extended fingers’ carry different characteristics and traditions in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. Angela Roma/Pexels Dubai: I ...

Japanese chopsticks are often smaller than both Chinese and Korean chopsticks. Korean chopsticks are medium length, rectangular in shape and are almost always made of metal.

TOKYO – Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are you'll be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China. But not for long. In a move that has cheered ...

TOKYO -- Walk into a Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are you'll be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China. But not for long.

TOKYO (AP) -- Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are you'll be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China. But not for long.