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Global beef consumption has slowed and the carbon footprint of the global cattle herd may already be declining.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2024
Peak beef could already be here
Global beef consumption has slowed and the carbon footprint of the global cattle herd may already be declining.
High-end wagyu products from Japan are sold at prices about 2.5 times those of U.S. and Australian wagyu, according to Japan's Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corp.
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2024
JETRO draws up guidelines for wagyu labeling in U.S.
The move by JETRO comes as wagyu is not necessarily recognized as being of Japanese origin in the United States.
A pig bone is hung at the entrance to the Shiokawa district in the village of Tamara, Okinawa Prefecture, in August 2021.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Oct 21, 2024
Okinawan pig slaughter ritual blocked by public health authorities
The ban presents a dilemma to residents who say making changes takes away the practice's meaning.
Two recent studies have added to the growing body of evidence that a meat-heavy diet may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2024
Eating meat is linked with diabetes risk, new studies suggest
Two recent studies have added to the growing body of evidence that a meat-heavy diet may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
An event to promote wagyu beef is held in New York on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2024
Japan targets beef exports with wagyu promotional event in New York
Japan's beef exports to the U.S. rose 1.6% in 2023 from the previous year making it the country's second-largest beef export market after Taiwan.
Restaurant chains such as Yoshinoya rely on U.S. beef imports. The price surge has led to Yoshinoya's parent company looking into developing new dishes using ingredients other than beef.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 4, 2024
Soaring prices make U.S. beef procurement hard in Japan
The yen's recent sharp depreciation compounds the problems of reduced supply and strong demand for American beef in other countries.
Professor Hong Jin-kee poses with a bowl containing pink "meaty rice" at the Yonsei University in Seoul, where a team of South Korean scientists are injecting cultured beef cells into individual grains of rice in a process they hope could revolutionize how the world eats.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2024
'Meaty rice'? South Korean professor aims to change global protein
No animals were harmed in the creation of the dish, which looks like regular rice aside from its color.
Workers prepare processed crickets at Hygente Technology in Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture, in November.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 8, 2024
Next-gen protein sources explored as meat replacements in Tohoku
While proponents tout the benefits of edible insects and plant-based meat, getting consumers to change their eating habits remains an uphill task.
A woman grills a piece of beef at a barbeque restaurant in Yokohama. Greenhouse gas emissions from food amount to a third of all human-caused emissions.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Jan 28, 2024
The complicated balance between health and climate in the Japanese diet
In Japan, people with higher-emitting diets also tend to eat healthier, raising questions for the health- and environment-conscious consumer.
A hamburger using boar meat
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2024
Japanese ministry promotes game meat consumption
The amount of game meat used at restaurants in Japan rose by 1.6-fold to 2,085 tons in fiscal 2022 from six years earlier.
Turkey and other meat at a grocery store in Chicago
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Nov 26, 2023
Eat less meat is message for rich world in food’s net-zero plan
The global food systems’ road map to 1.5 Celsius is expected to be published by the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization next month.
Beyond Meat plant-based burger patties for sale at a plant-based grocery store in Hong Kong in June 2019.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2023
The coming disruption of animal production
It will be easier to persuade people to avoid meat from animals if they can eat meat and other animal products that taste like those they know, but do not require raising animals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2023
The coming disruption of animal food production is almost here
It will be easier to persuade people to avoid meat from animals if they can eat meat and other animal products that taste like those they know but do not require raising animals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023
To all those lab meat skeptics: Please, just stay out of the way
Europe is doing it again — stigmatizing scientific innovations, such as with lab-grown meat, that will be crucial to our future food supply.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2023
Japanese researcher pushes the boundaries of lab-grown 'real' meat
Numerous hurdles will need to be overcome before such meat is commercially available, including technological, social and legal barriers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2023
Disappearing barbecues show global beef demand is under pressure
Even as inflation cools, all signs point to continued pressure this year, especially in some of the world’s most carnivorous nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 25, 2023
Lab-grown meat moves closer to American dinner plates
Executives at cultivated meat companies are optimistic that meat grown in massive steel vats could be on the menu within months after one company won the go-ahead from a key regulator.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Nov 21, 2022
Prized marbled wagyu at crossroads as industry shifts focus to fat quality
With the graying of the population and increasing health consciousness, a growing number of consumers are preferring lean meat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2022
Kishida vows measures to boost wagyu exports
In Kirishima, Kishida attended the prize-giving ceremony of a national wagyu contest, dubbed the Wagyu Olympics, which brought together 440 cattle from 41 prefectures.

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