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The Japanese Diet enacted new legislation, the “Act to Promote Environmental Burden Reduction Activities for Establishment of Environmentally Harmonized Food System,” to support adoption of Japan’s Green Food System Strategy by farmers, foresters, and fishermen.
Interactive Tableau visualization showing what percentage of U.S. agricultural exports go to each of the top markets.
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Japan: Japan 249th Food Safety Group

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for eight agricultural chemicals (Acynonapyr, Fenarimol, Fenpyrazamine, Flonicamid, Fluxametamide, Glufosinate, Penthiopyrad, and Trifloxystrobin) for various agricultural commodities.
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Japan: Japan Retains Butter and NFDM TRQs in JFY2022

On June 3, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries affirmed that it would maintain the tariff-rate quota volumes for butter at 7,600 MT and non-fat dry milk (NFDM) at 750 MT for Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2022, in line with its...
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China: Impact of RCEP on US Agricultural Exports to China

On November 15, China joined 14 Asia-Pacific countries in signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.
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Japan: Japan 239th Food Safety Group

On February 16, 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for eight agricultural chemicals (Kasugamycin, Chloropicrin, Validamycin...
On February 4, 2021, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) opened a public comment period for a proposed amendment to the handling of crossbred progeny...
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Japan: Japan Recognizes 28 New EU Geographic Indications

On February 1, Japan agreed to recognize Geographic Indication (GI) protections for 21 agricultural products and 7 alcoholic beverages from the European Union (EU) through the...
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Japan: Pet Food Market in Japan

The United States is the second largest exporter of pet food to Japan with 16.4 percent of the market led by Thailand (33%) and followed by France (16%).
The Government of Japan’s 2020 third supplementary budget allocates 1.05 trillion yen ($10 billion) to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) to fund...
On January 29, the Japanese government announced that it would reduce planned imports of butter to 6,400 metric tons (MT) in Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2021 from 14,000 MT the previous year...
On February 1, 2021, the European Union and Japan announced that they will each add 28 additional food products to the list geographical indications (GIs) protected under the EU-Japan Economic...