Insights and Stories on Japan

Japan considers scrapping age limit on U.S. beef imports

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:49 pm CST

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan is considering scrapping import restrictions on U.S. beef purchases that were put in place after the first case of BSE in the U.S. in 2003, local media reported on Thursday. Both the Nikkei business daily and Mainichi newspaper said officials are discussing removing the curbs […]

Japan resumes Canadian wheat purchases

Jul. 20, 2018 at 11:08 am CDT

By Reuters

Chinese demand boosting Canadian wheat, barley exports

Jul. 18, 2018 at 9:11 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Wheat shipment halt seen as temporary

Jun. 23, 2018 at 2:28 am CDT

By Allan Dawson

Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

Jun. 21, 2018 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

Jun. 15, 2018 at 11:23 am CDT

Tokyo/Winnipeg | Reuters — Japan’s farm ministry said Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a genetically modified trait was discovered last summer in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday the wheat containing a genetically modified trait, developed by […]

By Rod Nickel Yuka Obayashi

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

May. 24, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of FMD with vaccination. The declaration, which the […]

By Reuters

U.S. to take another look at Pacific trade pact

Apr. 12, 2018 at 11:49 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked his trade advisers to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade pact he withdrew the U.S. from last year, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said. Republican senators met with Trump on Thursday and he told them that he […]

By Reuters

Pork producers tackle new challenges, opportunities in 2018

Apr. 9, 2018 at 2:24 am CDT

CNS Canada — Pork producers in Western Canada are still grappling with old problems even as new opportunities present themselves in the export market, according to presenters at the Manitoba Pork Council’s annual general meeting Thursday in Winnipeg. Canadian pork exports in 2017 totaled 1.29 billion tonnes to a tune […]

By Dave Sims

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

Mar. 8, 2018 at 4:50 pm CST

Santiago | Reuters — Eleven countries including Canada and Japan signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the U.S. on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against protectionism and trade wars. The deal came as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed earlier in the day to press ahead […]

By Dave Sherwood Felipe Iturrieta