And Japan peels away the banana of its natural coating and puts it in a plastic bag.

Do you mean the "Mongee" banana?

It is wrapped in a plastic bag, but the peel is actually edible.

https://www.newsweek.com/you-eat-these-newly-engineered-bana...

The over-packaging problem in Japan

https://univibes.org/blog/over-packaging-problem-in-japan/

I actually came across this tidbit while watching a vlog on youtube where the vlogger mentioned that Japan uses too much plastic for everything.