- 2023.06.02
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USJTA Treatment for Pork and Pork Products 2023
The U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA) entered Year 5 of the agreement implementation on April 1, 2023. This report is one in a series of product brie……
- 2023.05.04
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TRQ Allocation Rates for FTAs in JFY 2022
Since 2018, Japan has implemented three large-scale free trade agreements (FTA) with major economies: the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for ……
- 2023.04.27
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Japan JFY2022 Minimum Access Rice Tender Results
In Japan Fiscal Year 2022, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) awarded 677,714 metric tons of rice through the Minimum Acce……
- 2023.04.27
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Japan Invites Public Comment on the Guidelines for Handling Alcoholic Beverages with Organisms Developed with Genome Editing Technology
On April 21, Japan's National Tax Agency opened a public comment period for the Guidelines for Handling Alcoholic Beverages with Organisms Developed w……
- 2023.04.27
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Japan 255th Food Safety Group
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for 6 agricultural chemicals (Bifenthrin, F……
- 2023.04.13
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USJTA enters Year 5 of Agreement
The U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA) will enter Year 5 of agreement implementation on April 1, 2023, eliminating tariffs on multiple products with s……
- 2023.04.06
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Japan Lowers HPAI Related Trade Restriction on US Poultry Products
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in Japan has announced an agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Heal……
- 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……
- 2023.03.29
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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……
- 2023.02.08
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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……