Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Typhoons Damage Hokkaido Production

Heavy rains hit Hokkaido in August, damaging horticultural products, industrial facilities, roads, and railways. As Hokkaido is a major production region for Japanese onions, pumpkins, carrots...
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Potatoes and Potato Products Annual

Heavy rains in August and September reduced Japan’s potato crop by approximately 500,000 metric tons (MT), or 20 percent lower than market year (MY) 2015/16.
On August 16, 2016, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued an inspection order for U.S. celery.