“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
Watch and try to unveil the mystery of Japanese Wagyu. English, French and Chinese Subtitles are available (Spoken only in Japanese).-
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【News】 Fly-free Unshu oranges produced in Kyushu’s four prefectures to debut in US market soon (July 13, 2016)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) made an announcement on July 12 that the Government of the United States of America dropped a barrier to imports of Unshu mikan (orange), also known as “satsuma orange,” produced at four prefectures such as Kumamoto and Nagasaki in Kyushu Island. It has been banned for Japan to export to the United States Unshu oranges produced in the Kyushu region, due to outbreaks of Japanese orange fly, a kind of citrus pest infesting the fruits, at the orchards in the region. The two governments of Japan and the United States reached an agreement on July 11 that the United States removes an embargo … Continue reading
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【News】China promotes safe “Green Food” to tackle pesticide residue problem (June 12, 2016)6gatu
The Chinese government is struggling to improve the quality of agricultural products amid a number of scandals involving pesticide residues exceeding the maximum limit found in food items. In an effort to provide safe farm products, the government has been designating organic food production areas nationwide to promote cultivation of what they call “Green Food,” products made with less or no use of agricultural chemicals. In China, it is common for consumers to immerse vegetables in water for a couple of hours after they purchase them. Some people even put vegetables in salt water for tens of minutes in order to reduce the health risk of pesticide residues as much … Continue reading
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【Opinion】A ghost haunting the agriculture ministry – return of secret agreement for rice imports (July 5, 2016)
[By Masaru Yamada, The Japan Agricultural News Senior Special Writer] The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district is haunted. Normally you can’t see the ghost, but it is witnessed once in a while. Recently, it showed itself amid a confusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations. The Japanese government imports 767,000 tons of rice every year under the minimum access scheme agreed upon in the negotiations for the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade concluded in the end of 1993. The Japanese and United States governments were engaged in fierce under-the-table negotiations at that time on the degree of Japan’s rice market … Continue reading
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【News】 Kumamoto’s farmer wins seat at proportional representation section of Upper House election as representative of farmers and JA group (July 11, 2016)
Shinya Fujiki, 49, a candidate of the ruling party LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), won a seat in proportional representation segment of the Upper House election on July 10. He was recommended by a political wing of agricultural cooperative’s (JA’s) organizations named as the National Association of Farmers’ Agricultural Policy Movement Organizations or “Zenkoku-Noseikyo.” Farmers have been increasingly anxious about problems to be faced in coming years. And worries about radical reform of farm policies are widely prevailing among farmers at rural communities in the country. During an election campaign, LDP candidate Fujiki asserted his own view on the importance of reflecting opinions of farmers and their JAs into national farm … Continue reading
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【News】 High quality red-colored grapes named “Ruby Roman” marks record-high price of 1.1 million yen per one cluster in Ishikawa prefecture (July 8, 2016)
A single cluster of high-grade grapes named “Ruby Roman,” one of special products in Ishikawa prefecture, hit a record price of 1.1 million yen (900 grams・seedless grapes) at a season-opening auction held at the Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market in the prefecture on July 7, breaking a previous record of 1 million yen in 2015. The best quality cluster of red-colored grapes “Ruby Roman” was bought at the auction by “Konishi-Seika,” operating food markets in Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo prefecture. The company of “Konishi-Seika” received media and Internet attention when its representative bought two pieces of “Yubari Melon” at a record-price of 3 million yen at a season-opening auction held in the … Continue reading
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