- 2024.09.20
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Japan Registered Foreign GI Products to Boost Exports
On August 27, 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) registered geographical indication (GI) protection for Pineapple H……
- 2024.09.17
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Rice Supply Shortage Disrupts Consumers in Japan
Throughout summer 2024, Japan has been grappling with a table rice shortage resulting in empty supermarket as demand outpaced production for the last ……
- 2024.09.12
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Livestock and Products Annual
FAS/Tokyo forecasts cattle inventory expands in 2025 on greater cow beginning stocks and a moderate pace of slaughtering from 2024. Despite a drop in ……
- 2024.09.04
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Poultry and Products Annual
FAS/Tokyo projects that in 2024 as well as 2025 Japan’s annual poultry production will expand to meet strong demand for domestically produced chicken.……
- 2024.08.20
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Stone Fruit Annual
Japan’s fresh cherry production has been substantially impacted by a changing climate. Fresh cherry production in the 2024/25 marketing year (MY) is e……
- 2024.08.09
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Japan Launches Greenhouse Gas Reduction Labeling System for Agricultural Products
On March 1, 2024, the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) launched a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction labeling system for 23 do……
- 2024.07.26
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USJTA TRQ Allocation and Fill Rates in JFY2023
The U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement, which entered into force on January 1, 2020, improved market access for U.S. products through the creation of tariff-r……
- 2024.07.25
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Japan 261st Food Safety Group
The Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of Japan proposed three sets of revisions. First, to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 16 agricultural chemicals (C……
- 2024.07.12
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Japan Invites Public Comments on the Exemption of Domestic Field Trial for Genetically Engineered Soybean with Familiar Trait
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Government of Japan (GOJ) opened a public comment period f……
- 2024.07.11
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New Policies for Foreign Ag Labor in Japan
With the aging of the population and the decline in the number of people in rural areas, securing labor in the field of agriculture has become more ch……