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I need to know if this word means anything in Japanese. I am writing my disseration in translation studies and I need to find the origin of this word. I believe the origin is Japanese. I don't know any Japanese. I have tried online dictionaries, but I would rather have the opinion of experts.

Here is my context:
Wrap an apple in **Yasa**-sheet and it will stay fresh for weeks. So says Semei Shiratori of Keio University in Yokahama, Japan, who makes this high-tech plastic for preserving fruits and vegetables. To be sure, it's a humble product. But it may be a harbinger of an enormous new class of materials and products created in a startlingly simple process: Thin liquid layers applied one at a time create solid, multilayered coatings that mix and match a wide variety of technologically valuable properties.

Does Yasa mean anything or is it just a name?