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In 2014, the United States held an 8.8% share of Japan's $1,052 million imported bottled wine market, by value.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries resumed domestic efforts to promote the Japanese Geographical Indication system by launching a series of nine public information sessions across Japan.

ATO Tokyo Sponsors the USA Pavilion at FOODEX JAPAN 2015; Ambassador Kennedy Observes Silkworms for Genetically Engineered Application...

While Japan’s soybean production recovered in MY 2014/15, domestic production accounts for only 25 percent of soybeans consumed for food and a mere 8 percent of total soybean utilization.

As Japanese pork production recovers from PEDv, Japanese beef production will likely continue along its recent downward trend in 2015.

The United States exported a record $9.7 billion of forest products in fiscal year 2014. Among U.S. agricultural exports, only corn and soybeans had higher export values.

The Japanese Government's Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas, which sets Japan's agricultural policy direction for the next 10 years, is revised every five years.

After an absence of more than eleven years, the first shipment of U.S. processed beef products arrived in Japan on March 4, 2015.

ATO Tokyo Sponsors the USA Pavilion at FOODEX JAPAN 2015; Ambassador Kennedy Observes Silkworms for Genetically Engineered Application...

Implementation has begun on the International Strategic Bulk Port Project, designed to improve strategically important port facilities in order to reduce ocean transportation costs.

The Japanese feed industry relies almost entirely on imported grains.

The “Act for Protection of Designated Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs” is scheduled to be implemented on June 1, 2015.