“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【News】 Japanese Wagyu beef enjoying brisk sales in U.S. market in the first quarter of 2017 (April 3, 2017)
Exports of “Wagyu” beef to the United States have been increasing in the first quarter of 2017 at a faster pace well above that in the same period of the previous year when the export to U.S. hit an annual record. Demands for the Wagyu beef are continuously growing among many high-class restaurants in U.S. cities. It is expected that exports of Japanese beef to U.S. will surely exceed its country-specific low-tariff quota on Japanese beef of 200 tons before the end of 2017. A tariff of 4.4 cent per one kg, equivalent to an ad valorem tax of 0.06 percent, is imposed to Japanese beef imported through the low-tariff … Continue reading
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【News】Our Noh no Ikebana: “Use whole vegetable for dynamic expression” says Takako Hashimoto from Koriyama city, Fukushima Prefecture(Apr. 7, 2017)
Takako Hashimoto, a 62-year-old Noh no Ikebana artist from Koriyama city, Fukushima Prefecture, talks about how thoroughly she enjoys Noh no Ikebana. “I use whole vegetables from stems to leaves to make my arrangements lively and energetic. Take sweet potatoes for example. By using leaves and vines which are turning yellow, I can describe how they grow in the field.” “I also enjoy working with friends. This is the arrangement for the general meeting of the female group of an agricultural cooperative of Sakura Koriyama region in Fukushima Prefecture (JA Fukushima Sakura Koriyama Region) and I made it with the members of the female group. The main character is a … Continue reading
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【News】Counterfeits of Japanese brand food products on the rise abroad: farm ministry (April 1, 2017)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has discovered through recent investigation that numerous counterfeit Japanese food products of well-known brands are sold overseas, including Yubari melons made in Thailand and Kobe beef made in Australia. Because such false use of geographical indications can hamper exports of Japanese food products, the ministry is stepping up efforts to sign mutual GI protection agreements with foreign governments so that they can crack down on them abroad. In its first attempt to grasp the situation, between September and November last year the ministry searched in major online shopping sites worldwide for 14 major products registered and publicly announced as GIs in Japan. In … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan to enhance supervision over foreign workers, extending maximum training period to five years this November (April 5, 2017)
The Government of Japan decided at an April 4 Cabinet meeting to enforce on November 1 the “Technical Intern Training Program Law” revised to enhance the supervision of companies, farmers and other organizations accepting foreign workers under the governmental technical intern trainee program. The Law provides for penalties if the employer of foreign trainee workers abuses their human rights by forcing them with illegal long hour works and the like. Under the revised Law, the maximum length for employment of foreign trainee workers will be extended from the existing three years to five years. The current technical intern trainee system is consisted of “Technical Intern Training (i)” (one-year program) and … Continue reading
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【News】 More than 80 percent of Japanese farmers reconfirm necessity of agricultural cooperative’s businesses: Agricultural Ministry’s poll finds (April 3, 2017)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) made a march 28 announcement of farmers’ opinion poll on business activities of multi-purpose agricultural cooperatives (JAs) which are engaged in various business activities. More than 80 percent of farmers polled answered that it will be continuously necessary for the agricultural cooperatives to provide services to their member farmers with businesses such as marketing of agricultural and livestock products, supplying production inputs and banking, as well as farm guidance. The poll of 1149 farmers throughout the country was conducted by MAFF during a period from late August to early September, 2016. MAFF asked these farmers about their opinion on each of JA’s … Continue reading
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