JAPAN BIZ: Variety of pouched curries spice up summer in Japan

TOKYO - Japan's booming ready-to-eat curry market is drawing shoppers with an ever-wider selection of products as the country's "curry season" begins, when curry roux consumption tends to increase during the warmer months.

In mid-July, about 150 pouched curry products, including regional specialties from around the world and others produced in collaboration with famous curry restaurants, were lined up at a Tokyo supermarket operated by Life Corporation.