- 2023.04.06
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Japan Gives Green Light to Genome Edited Waxy Corn Product
On March 20, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) added a waxy corn prod……
- 2023.04.04
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Food Processing Ingredients
This report highlights Japan’s food processing industry, notable trends, and a market snapshot of western Japan. The industry experienced a 12.4 perce……
- 2023.03.29
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Japan 254th Food Safety Group
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 11 agricultural chemicals (Ametoctradin……
- 2023.03.21
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Grain and Feed Annual
FAS/Tokyo projects reduced corn imports and feed consumption in MY2022/23 due to large outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza as well as incre……
- 2023.03.17
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Seafood Market Update
Japan is one of the world’s leading consumers of seafood. In 2022, it imported $15 billion of seafood products, making it the world’s third largest im……
- 2023.03.10
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Japan Announces Measures to Strengthen Food Security
On December 27, 2022, the Government of Japan (GOJ) released the “Food Security Reinforcement Policy Framework,” which aims to lower Japan's dependenc……
- 2023.03.09
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Livestock and Products Semi-annual
Cattle stocks decline in 2023 as farmers thin dairy herds to counter surplus production capacity. The resulting increase in domestic beef production w……
- 2023.02.22
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Translation of Japan’s Proposed Biofuel Standards for 2023-2027
The report contains a provisional translation of the draft Notification 3.0 under the Sophisticated Act that proposes Japan's new transport biofuel st……
- 2023.02.08
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Japan Proposes Biofuel Standards for 2023-2027 and Opens Comment Period
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published a draft notification for biofuel standards from Japanese fiscal year 2023 through 202……
- 2023.02.08
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Japan 253rd Food Safety Group
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 9 agricultural chemicals (Iprodione, Me……