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Sumibon newly-styled bonsai art becoming hot fresh local specialty in Nagano Prefecture
A new type of bonsai produced by a youth dispatched to a local government in Nagano Prefecture through a program called “the local community development caravan” is now gathering attention for its potential of becoming a new local specialty. The producer of the new form of bonsai art, called sumibon in Japanese, is Tomonobu Asano, 35. Currently, he works in Nobushina, Nagano Prefecture, mainly to make better use of idle lands. Asano, who started to help the region in June last year, learned one day that an 82-year-old local rice farmer, Chikao Sekiguchi, makes charcoal on his own and enjoys sumibon as his hobby. Then, the two men worked together … Continue reading
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ZEN-NOH to sell more agricultural and livestock products overseas via newly online shop in largest internet shopping mall in Hong Kong
TOKYO, August 29―National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (ZEN-NOH) began selling Japanese agricultural and livestock products online in Hong Kong, Japan’s largest export market of agricultural, forest and fishery products and food. According to an announcement on August 28, 2017, the federation of agricultural cooperatives in Japan has opened an online store for Japanese agricultural and livestock products in HKTVmall, the biggest online shopping mall in Hong Kong. ZEN-NOH wants to explore new markets and boost exports of Japanese agricultural and livestock products overseas. In April this year, ZEN-NOH placed a new division dedicated to the promotion of the export of Japanese agricultural products and decided to have ZEN-NOH International … Continue reading
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The Japan Agricultural News survey shows government support rate drops to 33 percent, with 70 percent giving low grades to farm policies
TOKYO, Aug. 24 – Thirty-three percent of respondents of The Japan Agricultural News survey supported Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, while 67 percent said they don’t support the administration, the highest disapproval rate since Abe came into power in 2012. As the reason for not supporting the Abe administration, the largest percentage of people – nearly 60 percent – gave their distrust for Abe, apparently having in mind the government’s eagerness to conduct drastic overhaul of the agriculture industry and the lack of sufficient explanation regarding a controversial approval of a new veterinary department by school operator Kake Gauen. The survey was conducted in August on 511 readers of The … Continue reading
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Japan opposes China’s ‘Nishio Matcha’ trademark application
NISHIO, Aug. 23 ─ Japan’s Nishio Tea Cooperative has filed its opposition to a trademark application in China in an attempt to prevent it from registering “Nishio Matcha,” the brand name of finely ground green tea from central Japan. The Nishio Tea Cooperative, a group of tea makers and retailers in Nishio and Anjo cities of Aichi prefecture, filed on Aug. 21 a notice of opposition with the Chinese trademark office. The Chinese office is expected to make its decision about the application within a year, the Japanese cooperative said. The Nishio cooperative exported about 100 tons of matcha in 2016, accounting for about 20 percent of the total production … Continue reading
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Frozen vegetable imports from China hit record high in 2016
TOKYO, Aug. 23 ─ Frozen vegetable imports from China continue to rise thanks to strong demand from Japanese retailers, industry sources have said. Frozen vegetable import volume reached a record high of 304,415 metric tons in 2016, according to the finance ministry. The imports in the six months to June 2017 rose 12% to 160,060 metric tons, exceeding that of the same period a year earlier. The demand is strong and the trends will continue in the second half, some Japanese trading companies said. The data shows that frozen vegetable imports have been led by spinach, corn and broccoli. Potato imports have grown due to a poor harvest in the … Continue reading
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