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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
77,000 chickens to be culled in Tochigi, Japan due to bird flu
About 77,000 chickens will be culled in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, after an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a farm there, ANI news reported.
Monday, March 15, 2021
USDA: Japan to see slightly slower pace of swine slaughter in 2021
Japan's swine herd at the start of 2021 is estimated at 9.100 million head, nearly flat from 2020, according to US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Friday, March 12, 2021
Vinamilk forms beef processing joint venture with Japanese trading house
Top Vietnamese dairy producer Vinamilk will form a joint venture next month with Japanese trading house Sojitz to process and sell beef products in Vietnam, Nikkei Asia reported.
Monday, February 22, 2021
Japan's 2020 pig meat imports fall 6% in 2020
Japan's import of pig meat and offal dropped by 6% in 2020, due mostly to lower volumes imported from the European Union - most notably from Denmark.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Kemin welcomes country presidents for Australia/New Zealand and Japan
Kemin Asia has announced the appointment of Trina Parker to the position of country president for Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health, Australia and New Zealand and Tsunoda Atsushi as the country president for Kemin Animal Nutrition and Healt ...
Monday, February 8, 2021
Bird flu outbreaks detected in Chiba and Miyazaki, Japan
The prefectural governments of Chiba and Miyazaki confirmed highly pathogenic bird flu strains were detected in poultry farms at their prefectures, The Japan Times reported.
Monday, February 1, 2021
Poultry farms in Japan with bird flu outbreaks had wildlife control faults
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said 90% of poultry farms in the country with bird flu outbreaks had wildlife control faults that allowed wild birds and other animals to enter chicken coops, The Japan Times reported.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
1.1 million chickens to be culled in Chiba, Japan due to bird flu outbreak
The Chiba prefectural government said it will cull all 1.145 million chickens at an egg-laying chicken farm in Isumi city after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was detected there, The Japan Times reported.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Mitsubishi in partnership to introduce artificial beef in Japan
Mitsubishi Corp. will partner with Israel's Aleph Farms Ltd. to begin bringing lab-grown beef to Japan.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Japan ceases inspection on imports of black tiger shrimp from India
Japan will lift completely inspection measures on black tiger shrimp imported from India as residues of the synthetic antibacterial drug furazolidone was no longer detected in any of these cargoes, The New Indian Express reported last month ...
Monday, January 4, 2021
68,000 chickens to be culled in poultry farm at Gifu prefecture, Japan due to bird flu
The Gifu prefectural government in central Japan said they have confirmed a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in Minokamo city, with 68,000 chicken at the farm to be culled, Jiji Press reported.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Japan agrees to regionalisation ban for Hungarian pork imports
Hungary's Agriculture Ministry said Japan has agreed to permit Hungarian pork imports from areas unaffected by African swine fever (ASF), the first country to reach an agreement with Japan, Hungary Today reported.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
EU, Japan, Morocco, Singapore, and Tunisia ban Ukrainian poultry imports due to bird flu outbreak
Vladyslava Mahaletska, the head of Ukraine's State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service (Food Safety Service) said the European Union (EU), Japan, Morocco, Singapore, and Tunisia have temporarily suspended Ukrainian poultry imports n ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Japanese company in joint venture with IMT Engineering to farm land-based shrimp
Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO), which is based in Osaka, Japan, has established a joint venture with IMT Engineering (IMTE) to farm shrimp on land, and to process and sell them, SeafoodSource reported early this month.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Japan confirms more bird flu outbreaks in Tokushima and Miyazaki prefectures
Japan has confirmed more bird flu outbreaks at chicken farms in Tokushima and Miyazaki prefectures, west of the country, resulting in tens of thousands of chickens culled as the virus continues to spread, Kyodo News reported.

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