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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...

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.

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.

The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef but it also imports more beef than any other country.

New York Chocolatier Opens First Tokyo Location; Japanese Government Moving Towards Fewer BSE-Related Restrictions; Agricultural Exchanges Continue to Strengthen Ties

Despite a gradual annual decline in Japanese demand for oil, improved crushing margins in marketing year (MY) 2015/16 have made domestically produced soybean meal more competitive...

The Japanese retail food industry in 2014 experienced growth in all of the three major categories: largescale and conventional supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores.