- 2025.04.08
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Update to Japan’s Liquor Tax
This report highlights the harmonization of specific liquor taxes on alcoholic beverages that took effect on Oct.1st, 2024. U.S. exports of these prod……
- 2025.04.03
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Oilseeds and Products Annual
Japan's vegetable oil and protein feed markets are mature and stable. While surging commodity prices and the shipping crisis impacted Japan's oilseed ……
- 2025.04.02
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Japan Discusses Safety Standards for Cell Cultured Foods
The Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of the Government of Japan (GOJ) convened a meeting of the “Food Sanitation Standards Council, Newly Developed Food ……
- 2025.04.01
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Food Processing Ingredients Annual
In 2024, Japan's food processing sector had a 3.9 percent increase in the value of food produced, totaling $174 billion. Production increases occurred……
- 2025.03.24
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Japan Gives Green Light to Genome Edited Potato
In October 2024, the Government of Japan (GOJ) added a genome edited potato to the list of genome edited products not subject to regulations for genet……
- 2025.03.19
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Grain and Feed Annual
The Ministry of Agriculture has taken unprecedented steps to alleviate the soaring rice prices that have plagued Japan since the summer 2024 rice shor……
- 2025.03.14
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Proposed Revision of Mineral Water Specifications
The Government of Japan (GOJ) through its Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA), has opened the public comment period for revisions it is proposing to the spe……
- 2025.03.11
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Continued High Prices for Japanese Table Rice Leads to High Import Demand and Release of Government Emergency Rice Supplies
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has taken extraordinary steps to alleviate high rice prices that have continued to increase……
- 2025.03.05
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Livestock and Products Semi-annual
In 2025, beginning inventories and beef production declined due to the increased pace of slaughter in 2024. Beef consumption remains weak due to infla……
- 2025.02.28
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Japan to Mandate Allergy Labeling on Cashew Nuts and to Recommend Allergy Labeling on Pistachios
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) intends to mandate allergy labeling on cashew nuts from the current recommended status. The CAA also intends to ……