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Japan’s National Tax Agency approved 139 European Union (EU)-proposed geographical indications for wine, spirits and other alcoholic beverages on January 19, 2018.

The Japanese food processing industry produced $216.1 billion in food and beverage products in 2016.

On October 27, 2017, the Forestry Agency announced the names of the first five “Registering Organizations” that will register companies’ policies for compliance with the Clean Wood Act.

On December 29, 2017, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) invited public comments on changes to its fuel ethanol policy.

A free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union (EU) and a rapidly closing Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) arrangement will lead to increased market....

The Japanese organic food market was estimated at approximately $1.4 billion as of 2009 with slow but steady growth to that point.

After an absence of more than eleven years, the first shipment of U.S. processed beef products arrived in Japan on March 4, 2015.

ATO Tokyo Sponsors the USA Pavilion at FOODEX JAPAN 2015; Ambassador Kennedy Observes Silkworms for Genetically Engineered Application...

Implementation has begun on the International Strategic Bulk Port Project, designed to improve strategically important port facilities in order to reduce ocean transportation costs.

The Japanese feed industry relies almost entirely on imported grains.

The “Act for Protection of Designated Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs” is scheduled to be implemented on June 1, 2015.

Iowa Meat Mission Learns Latest Status of Japan’s Beef and Pork Markets; The 20th Ushiwaka’s U.S. beef Renaissance in Kyoto; Citrus Visit to Ehime