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U.S. farm and food exports climbed eight percent in FY 2017, reaching the third-highest level on record.

The agreement in principle between Japan and the European Union (EU) on a free trade deal in July, 2017, and a potential Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) arrangement, could leave U.S. pork....

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and its Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) presented their draft interim report on expanding Japan’s Country of Origin Labeling...

After storms decimated Japanese potato production in marketing year (MY) 2016/17, FAS/Tokyo forecasts a substantial recovery of Japanese potato production in MY 2017/18 to 2.315 million metric tons...

J-Milk announced a three-year, $1.4 million program to reduce the cost of imported replacement dairy cattle.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and its Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) presented their draft interim report on expanding Japan’s Country of Origin Labeling...

U.S. beef, pork, salmon and craft beers were sunshine on a cloudy day at the Tokyo BBQ Festival on April 9, which was supported by ATO/Japan, the U.S. Meat Export Federation....

Japan's leading potato producers have announced the suspension or termination of a combined 48 product lines in the month of April due to limited supplies of chipping potatoes.

On March 27, 2017, Japan notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) an “Outline of {a} draft amendment to the Food Labelling Standards concerning the place of origin labelling of ingredients....

A planned increase in the price of cooking oil in spring 2017 is not expected to have an impact on consumption.

This report is an overview of Japan’s general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports.

Japan continues to represent one of the best opportunities in the world for U.S. exporters of food products.