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On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of the Government of Japan (GOJ) held its first review committee meeting for the labeling of food....

In 2016, U.S. chilled beef exports to Japan exceeded the 2015 volume by 50 percent.

FAS/Japan assisted three delegations from Montana in April, including a group of craft beer and spirits companies, Montana Senator Steve Daines, and Montana’s Director of Agriculture Ben Thomas....

In 2016, U.S. chilled beef exports to Japan exceeded the 2015 volume by 50 percent. Monthly total U.S. beef exports to Japan outpaced Australian beef shipments in February 2017 for the first time...

Effective April 26, 2017, Japan accepts the use of imported organic certified animal feed from countries that share an organic equivalency arrangement with Japan, allowing imported organic feed....

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.