TOKYO: The Tokyo metropolitan government introduced a new model project in which it awards points to consumers who buy foods close to their best-before dates and consume-by dates in order to decrease the amount of food loss.
NTT Docomo Inc, with a governmental subsidy for the model project, developed a smartphone app that can be used until the end of February, and will evaluate the project’s effect.
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