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Travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have precluded required on-site inspections of seven U.S. plant exports by Japanese authorities.

In 2019, the total value of all retail food and beverage (F&B) sales in Japan fell 1.3 percent to ¥52,669 ($483.2 billion).

On May 29, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) confirmed that the U.S. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system for meat and poultry is sufficient...

Due to low farm gate prices in the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the challenges of COVID-19, Post has lowered chicken meat production to three percent growth over the 2019 level.

Philippine economic planners expect the gross domestic product to contract by 2.0 to 3.4 percent in 2020 due to the strict quarantine conditions in response to the coronavirus disease 2019...

On June 1, 2020, Japan implemented the positive list system for food container and packaging materials with a five-year transition period.

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced a proposal to increase the greenhouse gas emission value for gasoline to 88.74 g-CO2eq/MJ.

Japan’s food manufacturing output has remained strong despite a long-term decline in domestic agricultural production.

On June 2, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for four agricultural chemicals...

On May 29, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries opened a public comment period on the proposed new U.S.-Japan organic equivalence arrangement for livestock products.

Hotel, restaurant, and institutional (HRI) sales fell to unprecedented lows in April, with consumers staying home and tourism halted during the seven-week long nationwide state of emergency...

On May 27, the Japanese Cabinet approved a second 2020 supplementary budget totaling 31.9 trillion yen ($298 billion) to help mitigate the economic impact of coronavirus.