- 2020.05.01
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Japan To Implement a Positive List System for Food Packaging and Container Substances
On April 28, 2020, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan publicly announced the list of substances to be included in Japan’s new ……
- 2020.04.30
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Japan To Revise Criteria for Beef Marukin Support Payments
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is expected to revise the calculation method for payments under the Beef Marukin program which……
- 2020.04.30
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JAS Program Supports Domestic Lumber
In 2019, Japan’s Forestry Agency (FA) developed the Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS) Structural Wood Expansion Program, a $22 million support program……
- 2020.04.28
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ALIC Releases Additional Details on Cattle and Dairy Supports
On April 20, Japan’s Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC) announced additional details of the supports it will provide to cattle fa……
- 2020.04.26
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MAFF 2020 Supplementary Budget for COVID-19 Response
As part of the Government of Japan’s COVID-19 emergency economic package, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is expected to re……
- 2020.04.24
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Japan to Accept Official Copies of Export Certificates
On April 21, 2020, Japan notified the World Trade Organization via G/SPS/N/JPN/755 of temporary measures to accept scanned or hard copies of export ce……
- 2020.04.23
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ATO Osaka supported FABEX Kansai trade show in western Japan
The Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Osaka supported U.S. exhibitors at the FABEX Kansai regional public trade show for the first time in 2019. FABEX K……
- 2020.04.23
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Food Additive Labeling Public Comment Period Announced
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) plans to remove the terms “artificial” and “synthetic” for sweeteners, colorings, preservatives, and flavors fro……
- 2020.04.22
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Japan Opens Public Comments Period to Approve DMDC as Wine Additive
The National Tax Agency of Japan invites public comments on the use of dimethyl dicarbonate, (DMDC) to preserve wine and “fruit wine” products. Commen……
- 2020.04.17
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Foreign Farm Labor’s Role Growing in Japan
As Japan’s agricultural workforce continues a decades-long decline, farm owners are increasingly looking for alternative sources of labor, including f……