- 2020.04.26
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MAFF 2020 Supplementary Budget for COVID-19 Response
As part of the Government of Japan’s COVID-19 emergency economic package, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is expected to re……
- 2020.04.24
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Japan to Accept Official Copies of Export Certificates
On April 21, 2020, Japan notified the World Trade Organization via G/SPS/N/JPN/755 of temporary measures to accept scanned or hard copies of export ce……
- 2020.04.23
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ATO Osaka supported FABEX Kansai trade show in western Japan
The Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Osaka supported U.S. exhibitors at the FABEX Kansai regional public trade show for the first time in 2019. FABEX K……
- 2020.04.23
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Food Additive Labeling Public Comment Period Announced
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) plans to remove the terms “artificial” and “synthetic” for sweeteners, colorings, preservatives, and flavors fro……
- 2020.04.22
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Japan Opens Public Comments Period to Approve DMDC as Wine Additive
The National Tax Agency of Japan invites public comments on the use of dimethyl dicarbonate, (DMDC) to preserve wine and “fruit wine” products. Commen……
- 2020.04.17
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Foreign Farm Labor’s Role Growing in Japan
As Japan’s agricultural workforce continues a decades-long decline, farm owners are increasingly looking for alternative sources of labor, including f……
- 2020.04.17
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Japan Provides Food Labeling Flexibility in Response to COVID19
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency will temporarily suspend the strict monitoring of non-critical food labeling information in response to COVID-19 relat……
- 2020.04.17
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COVID-19 Impacts on Food Distribution in Japan – Update I
Following official requests that people stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools have closed, tourism has come to a halt, and public ou……
- 2020.04.15
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ALIC Announces Details of COVID-19 Funding for Beef Industry
On April 13, Japan’s Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC), a state-trading enterprise, announced details of $875 million it will re……
- 2020.04.14
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Rice Straw Market in Japan
Approximately 950,000 metric tons of rice straw is consumed as beef cattle feed in Japan each year, of which roughly 25 percent is imported. Japan’s b……