“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Find colors of earth! Hakone Open-Air Museum holding exhibition of mud paintings by Yusuke Asai (Jan.31,2016)
Mud paintings by a 34-year-old Japanese artist, Yusuke Asai, is now on display at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Hakone-cho, Kanagawa Prefecture. The exhibition “Yusuke Asai: Seeds of Imagination, Journeys of Soil” covers more than 10 pieces of what he calls “earth paintings,” which Asai made from soil he sourced both locally and globally. One of the artworks he created for this exhibition is a mural called “Twin Mice.” It measures 16 meters wide and sprawls on the wall to create an immersive experience for every viewers. He drew a number of mice lively in different poses and vividly in different colors, using white, brown and black soil in various … Continue reading
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【News】 Labelling of origin of ingredient to be expanded (Jan. 30, 2016)
Consumer Affairs Agency and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries jointly set up a panel to consider how to expand a list of processed food items to be covered by the mandatory labelling system of origin of ingredient. At the first meeting of the panel held on Jan. 29, people of organizations, representing food producers, distributers and consumers, exchanged views and agreed to put together a proposal by this autumn for increasing items to be covered by the labelling system. The mandatory labelling rules of the Government are now applied to all fresh foods and some processed ones. The processed foods are made up of 22 groups of food items, … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan Food Safety Management Association celebrates inauguration (Jan. 29, 2016)
“Japan Food Safety Management Association” was newly organized on Jan. 28, in a legal form of a general incorporated foundation, by 18 major companies of food processing and retail businesses. By the end of this March, the Association hopes to create their own food safety standards which will effectively work in international business transactions. It also expects that these standards will not only be appreciated by overseas trading partners, but also be helpful for Japanese companies to boost their exports of food products and expand their businesses overseas. The Association plays a key role in operating an entire system of food safety certification schemes under these standards. Certification and labelling … Continue reading
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【News】 TPP chief negotiator Amari resigns over money scandal (Jan. 29, 2016)
Economic revitalization minister Akira Amari stepped down from the Cabinet post on Jan. 28, after acknowledging his receipt of 1 million yen in cash from a construction company. The scandal was reported by one of the weekly magazines published in Japan last week. Amari had also been a minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks since 2013 when Japan joined the TPP. He led a negotiation team of Japan at a ministerial meeting held in Atlanta last October to reach a broad agreement on the TPP. The TPP chief negotiator’s departure from the Cabinet will inevitably make an adverse impact on deliberations at the Diet which is … Continue reading
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【News】 At Diet session Abe denies possibility of TPP renegotiation (Jan. 28, 2016)
“Even if a renegotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement is demanded in a near future, we will never take a seat at the table,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Jan. 27 at a plenary session of the Diet. Abe made this reply to a question raised by a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who was concerned that a TPP member country would urge Japan to make further concession possibly at a TPP renegotiation table so as to facilitate approvals for TPP bills from her congress. Abe had delivered his key policy speech for 2016 on Jan. 22, and he was asked various questions including … Continue reading
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