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Rice consumption continues to decline due to a shrinking population and reductions in per capita consumption.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed Japan’s first outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW).

Post forecasts beef production in 2020 at 10.5 million metric tons, which is an increase of 3 percent.

The United States, as the second largest exporter of processed vegetables to Japan, accounts for 20 percent of the market, valued at US$560 million in 2018.