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The Government of Japan’s 2020 third supplementary budget allocates 1.05 trillion yen ($10 billion) to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) to fund...
On January 29, the Japanese government announced that it would reduce planned imports of butter to 6,400 metric tons (MT) in Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2021 from 14,000 MT the previous year...
On February 1, 2021, the European Union and Japan announced that they will each add 28 additional food products to the list geographical indications (GIs) protected under the EU-Japan Economic...
In response to a third wave of COVID-19 infections, a new 30-day state of emergency was declared for much of Japan on January 7.
On January 1, the Government of Japan introduced a new payment scheme for Japanese importers to postpone customs clearance of imported chilled beef between January 1 and June 30.
On December 4, 2020, Japan passed the Adjustment for the Domestic Distribution of Specified Marine Animals and Plants Act to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
On January 1, the Japan-UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force, enabling the United Kingdom to maintain most of the market access terms for agriculture...
On December 25, 2020, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) proposed revisions to Japan’s maximum residue levels for three pesticides (Cyflumetofen, Tiadinil...
On December 23, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) amended the handling procedures for products that are derived from the crossbreeding of genome edited varieties which have already...
Japan is the fourth largest market for U.S. exporters of food and agricultural products. The total Japanese food and beverage market was valued at an estimated $788 billion in 2019...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) added rice to its COVID-19 economic stimulus product sales promotion program in response to ongoing, weak demand for rice...
Construction sector has been the primary consumer of softwood lumber and engineered wood products in Japan.