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Japan: ALIC Continues COVID-19 Dairy Support Payments

As part of the 2020 Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) third supplementary budget the Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC) received 17.6 billion yen ($161 million) to operate a COVID-19 countermeasure support program for cattle fattening...
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Japan: 242nd Food Safety Group

On July 16, 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 11 agricultural chemicals (MCPA, MCPB, Captan, Cyazofamid, Pyriofenone, Fluoxastrobin, Procymidone, Mandestrobin, Cypermethrin, Albendazole, and Zeranol) for various agricultural commodities.
The Government of Japan (GOJ) published a report outlining measures to address next steps in the Export Expansion Action Strategy for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Products and Food.
This report reflects updates made by the Government of Japan to its guidelines for handling food and agricultural products derived from genome editing technology.
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Japan: Retail Foods

In 2020, the total value of all retail food and beverage (F&B) sales in Japan was $474.13 billion, a 1.5 percent increase over 2019 sales of $466.97 billion.
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced an application for a geographical indication (GI) for “Prosciutto di Parma,” filed by Italy on December 7, 2016.
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Japan: Japan Instituting Agricultural Reform Programs

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Regions Vitalization Creation Head Quarters (headed by Prime Minister Abe) in the Cabinet approved an “Agriculture Competitiveness Reinforcement Program”
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Japan: Food Processing Ingredients

The value of the Japanese food processing industry was estimated at 23.2 trillion yen in 2015, down 0.3% from 2014.
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Japan: Retail Foods

Despite a high level of spending from a record influx of inbound tourists to Japan, the Japanese retail sector overall suffered in 2015...
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Japan: Exporter Guide

Japan is one of the most exciting markets in the world for U.S. exporters of food and agricultural products. The total Japanese food and drink market is valued at over $575 billion.
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Japan: Japan’s Draft 2020 Olympic Sourcing Code Out

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Sustainable Sourcing Working Group has informed the public that it has developed draft sourcing code for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Japan: Food Service - Hotel Restaurant Institutional

The hotel, restaurant and institutional food service industry (HRI) achieved record high sales in 2015, reaching ¥31.79 trillion ($261 billion).