Convenience stores and restaurants cut back on chicken dishes amid shortage
Thailand-based production of food products that contain processed chicken, on which many Japan outlets rely for supplies, has been halted since the summer amid the pandemic.
Record 9.87 million chickens and ducks culled in Japan to stop bird flu
Japan's farm ministry is urging poultry farmers to implement thorough measures to prevent the introduction of viruses, in order to prepare for the next season.
New bird flu outbreaks confirmed in Chiba and Miyazaki prefectures
This is the seventh bird flu outbreak at a farm in Chiba since December last year.
Most Japanese poultry farms hit by bird flu had flaws in wildlife control
The agriculture ministry's survey team inspected 30 of the affected farms and discovered flaws in preventive measures at 27 of them.
Bird flu confirmed in Tokushima and Miyazaki as outbreak spreads in Japan
The H5 strain was detected for the first time at a farm in Tokushima, making it the 12th prefecture to report a bird flu outbreak case this year.
The ministry of agriculture held a meeting on epidemic prevention measures Sunday with officials pledging to support the Shiga government in tackling the bird flu outbreak.
Japan to order nationwide disinfection against bird flu outbreak
Bird flu has been detected at six regional prefectures since last month in Japan's worst outbreak in more than four years.
Former agricultural minister’s graft scandal sparks conversation about animal welfare in Japan
Allegations of bribery illustrate the lengths to which the poultry industry went to preserve its decades-old, yet globally criticized practice of confining egg-laying hens in small cages.
Culling of 330,000 chickens begins in Kagawa after bird flu confirmed
The last bird flu outbreak in Japan, in January 2018, also occurred in Kagawa Prefecture, which is located on the island of Shikoku.
Piglets aborted and chickens gassed as pandemic slams meat sector
Farmers say they have no choice but to cull livestock as they run short on space to house their animals or money to feed them.
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza killed chickens at a farm in Kagawa Prefecture, in the first outbreak to be confirmed among livestock in Japan this season.
