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Overall citrus acreage in Japan continues to decline amid decreasing consumption and aging rural population. In the 2019/20 marketing year (MY), mandarin production is forecast to hit a historic....

This report provides an overview of Japan’s general legal, technical and certification requirements for imported forest products, such as wood and bioenergy products.

The Japanese Cabinet approved the 2019 supplementary budget for 3.2 trillion yen (US$27.6 billion) in December 2019.

On December 18, 2019, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) invited public comment on revised Japan Agricultural Standards for laminated veneer lumber...

On December 12, 2019, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced revisions to Japan’s Maximum Residue Levels for seven agricultural chemicals....

The United States and Japan have agreed to new terms and conditions which allow additional trade of poultry and egg products to continue in case of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza....

On June 1, 2020, Japan will begin enforcing new sanitary certificate requirements on imports of oysters for raw consumption.

On August 21, 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced that it had received an application for the establishment of a Kobe Beef Geographical Indication (GI).

Japan will post new records for broiler meat production, consumption, and importation in 2015 as poultry sales outpace relatively higher priced pork and beef in both the retail and food service...

Japanese beef production is projected to continue its downward trend through 2016, as Japanese pork production rebounds in 2015 from the worst impacts of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv).