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Japan starts exporting Unshu oranges to Vietnam

Japan starts exporting Unshu oranges to Vietnam

TOKYO, Nov. 24 – Following Vietnam’s lifting of an import ban on Japan-grown Unshu Mandarin oranges in October, growers in Wakayama Prefecture will become the first to ship the oranges to the country in late November. JA Arida, an agricultural cooperative in Wakayama, Japan’s top growing region of Unshu oranges, plans to ship some 2 […]

Prices of agricultural materials post record high in 2022, hit by increasing costs of fertilizers and feed

Prices of agricultural materials post record high in 2022, hit by increasing costs of fertilizers and feed

TOKYO, Feb. 1 — The agriculture price index for 2022, released by the agriculture ministry on Jan. 31, showed that the index for production materials was 116.6 with the base year being 2020, which means materials prices rose 16.6 percent in two years. The prices marked the highest since 1951 when data became available, up […]

Yellow nabana canola blossom carpets signal arrival of spring (Awa, Chiba Prefecture)

Yellow nabana canola blossom carpets signal arrival of spring (Awa, Chiba Prefecture)

CHIBA, Jan. 30 – Spring is here already on the Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture. Canola flowers are in full bloom on the southern side of the peninsula in Awa, creating beautiful yellow carpets. The region is a primary producer of edible canola blossoms (nabana in Japanese) and is in the busy harvesting season. The temperature […]

Japan’s agricultural exports rise 11% in 2022 excluding processed items

Japan’s agricultural exports rise 11% in 2022 excluding processed items

TOKYO, Feb. 4 — The value of Japan’s exports of primary agricultural products in 2022 rose 11 percent from the previous year to 381.8 billion yen. The figure was calculated by subtracting the value of exports of processed food items from the total amount, based on the data released by the agriculture ministry on Feb. […]

Yudeboshi-Daikon (boiled and dried radish) gets more flavor in cold wind (Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture)

Yudeboshi-Daikon (boiled and dried radish) gets more flavor in cold wind (Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture)

NAGASAKI, Feb. 6 – Omotate Region, Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is now busy making yudeboshi-daikon (dried radish stripes), an amazing traditional food. Local farmers are drying boiled daikon radish strips on the structure built on the coastline facing the Goto-nada Sea, utilizing northwestern sea wind, which is necessary to deepen the flavor of the product. […]

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