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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.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Japan's bird flu outbreak spreads to 12th prefecture
Japan's bird flu outbreak, its worst on record, has spread to a 12th prefecture as officials in the country ordered more cullings, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Bird flu detected in 10th Japanese prefecture
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said bird flu was detected at an egg farm in Higashiomi city in Shiga prefecture, southwestern Japan, the 10th prefecture to be affected by bird flu in the country's worst outbreak of ...
Friday, December 11, 2020
Japan hits record cullings as it battles worst bird flu outbreak
Japan's bird flu outbreak worsened as farms in two more prefectures detected the virus, resulting in a record number of poultry culled as the government ordered all chicken farms in the country to be disinfected, Reuters reported.
Monday, December 7, 2020
16th bird flu outbreak in Japan confirmed at Nara Prefecture
Nara prefecture announced a bird flu outbreak suspected to be highly pathogenic at a chicken farm in Gojo city, the 16th bird flu case in Japan this year, Jiji Press reported.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Bird flu outbreak in Japan spreads to fourth prefecture
Japan's Agriculture Ministry confirmed that bird flu was detected in Hyuga city in Miyazaki prefecture, the fourth prefecture in the country with bird flu as the country faces its worst outbreak of the virus in more than four years, Reuters ...
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Bird flu in Japan spreads to Fukuoka prefecture
The Japanese government said the country's bird flu outbreak has spread to a chicken farm Fukuoka prefecture, following eight confirmed cases in Kagawa prefecture west of Tokyo, Reuters reported.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Japan bird flu outbreak spreads to third prefecture
Japan's agriculture ministry said on November 26 that avian flu has been detected in a third prefecture, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
850,000 chickens to be culled in Kagawa, Japan following bird flu outbreak
The Kagawa, Japan local government said they will cull 850,000 chickens at two poultry farms in the prefecture after bird flu was detected there, Reuters reported.
Monday, November 2, 2020
New UK-Japan trade deal to cut tariffs on British meat
The United Kingdom and Japan have signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on October 23.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Japan plans new bureau to boost agri-food exports
Japan plans to set up a new bureau next year to significantly increase the country's exports of agricultural products, farm minister Kotaro Nogami announced at a recent press conference as part of restructuring of the ministry to take effec ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Classical swine fever reemerges among Japan's farmed pigs
Japan has reported its first case of classical swine fever among farmed pigs in about half a year.

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