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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.

Rice production for MY 2017/18 (May-April) is forecast at 34.7 MMT on higher yields. Wheat production for MY 2017/18 (July-June) is forecast at 1.3 MMT on higher planted area....

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....

MY 2017/18 raw cotton production is projected at 130,000 bales on favorable weather and expansion of American Upland cotton planted area; imports are projected to rise by 6.2 million bales....

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.