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Infographic illustrating the increase in farm exports in FY 2017 to $139.8 billion

Favorable weather conditions in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 increased Japanese cherry production to 19,800 MT.

Japan’s current renewable energy policy focuses on generating power from solar, wind, biomass and geothermal sources.

On August 1, 2017, the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MOF) raised the duty for U.S. frozen beef from 38.5 percent to 50 percent under Japan’s special safeguard (SSG) for frozen beef.

J-Milk announced a three-year, $1.4 million program to reduce the cost of imported replacement dairy cattle.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and its Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) presented their draft interim report on expanding Japan’s Country of Origin Labeling...

U.S. beef, pork, salmon and craft beers were sunshine on a cloudy day at the Tokyo BBQ Festival on April 9, which was supported by ATO/Japan, the U.S. Meat Export Federation....

Japan's leading potato producers have announced the suspension or termination of a combined 48 product lines in the month of April due to limited supplies of chipping potatoes.

On March 27, 2017, Japan notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) an “Outline of {a} draft amendment to the Food Labelling Standards concerning the place of origin labelling of ingredients....

A planned increase in the price of cooking oil in spring 2017 is not expected to have an impact on consumption.

This report is an overview of Japan’s general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports.

Japan continues to represent one of the best opportunities in the world for U.S. exporters of food products.