- 2020.03.30
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Japan Health Foods Market Overview
In 2018, Japan’s health-related food market was the third largest in the world with an estimated value of $13.2 billion, up two percent from the previ……
- 2020.03.30
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MAFF JFY2020 Budget Focuses on Reinforcement of Agricultural Production Resources and Infrastructure
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) received 2.41 trillion yen (roughly US$22.1 billion) for its Japanese Fiscal Year (JFY) 202……
- 2020.03.30
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Japan Provides COVID-19 Emergency Funding to Producers and Food Manufacturers
The Government of Japan released two tranches of emergency funding for COVID-19 countermeasures, 15.3 billion yen (US$140 million) on February 13 and ……
- 2020.03.25
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Food Processing Ingredients
In 2019, Japan’s food processing industry manufactured $219.7 billion of food and beverage products, up from $216.8 billion in 2018. Health-oriented p……
- 2020.03.25
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Final MAFF Guidelines for the Handling of Genome Edited Feed and Feed Additives
On February 7, 2020, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released the final handling procedure guidelines for genome edited feed ……
- 2020.03.24
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USJTA Treatment for Sugars and Sugar Confectionary
This is one in a series of reports providing concise overviews of how the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA), which entered into force on January 1, 2……
- 2020.03.24
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Japan Increases Dairy Price Supports Due to COVID-19
The Government of Japan announced increased support for dairy farmers and processors to mitigate impact of reduced milk consumption in schools followi……
- 2020.03.19
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Grain and Feed Annual
Stable demand for feed and relative price competitiveness are forecast to maintain Japan’s robust demand for corn in MY2020/21. Sorghum imports are ex……
- 2020.03.13
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Livestock and Products Semi-annual
FAS/Tokyo revises Japan's 2020 beef production slightly upward as a result of delayed slaughter at the end of 2019, yielding one percent growth. Expec……
- 2020.03.12
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Market Overview – Whiskey is Up in Japan
For eleven consecutive years, Japan’s whiskey market has grown, despite gradually declining sales for all alcoholic beverages. This expansion correlat……