USDA unveils investigation report on beef exports to Japan

USDA unveils investigation report on beef exports to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer answers media questions following his talks with Japanese farm minister Shoichi Nakagawa in Tokyo on Feb. 17. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced in Washington a report into how banned material found its way into a U.S. beef shipment to Japan, and what measures are being taken to prevent a recurrence. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000031592
  • Registered date
  • 2006/2/17 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1228 × 1486 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 279.62(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan intensifies U.S. beef inspections

    Japan intensifies U.S. beef inspections

    TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks about discovery of spinal columns in a shipment from a National Beef plant in California at a news conference in Tokyo on April 24. (Kyodo)
      Seiyu resumes sales of U.S. beef before other major retailers

      Seiyu resumes sales of U.S. beef before other major retailers

      TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer checks out U.S. beef at the Seiyu supermarket in Kinshicho, Tokyo on March 29 as part of a U.S. campaign to promote the sales of American beef. Seiyu, which is under the control of U.S. WalMart Stores Inc., resumed selling U.S. beef on March 29, the first major retailer in Japan to do so since the import ban was lifted last July. (Kyodo)
        Seiyu resumes sales of U.S. beef before other major retailers

        Seiyu resumes sales of U.S. beef before other major retailers

        TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer checks out U.S. beef at the Seiyu supermarket in Kinshicho, Tokyo on March 29 as part of a U.S. campaign to promote the sales of American beef. Seiyu, which is under the control of U.S. WalMart Stores Inc., resumed selling U.S. beef on March 29, the first major retailer in Japan to do so since the import ban was lifted last July. (Kyodo)
          Japan to suspend beef imports from one U.S. facility

          Japan to suspend beef imports from one U.S. facility

          TOKYO, Japan - Japan has decided to suspend beef imports from a U.S. facility after finding a meat shipment (in photo with its label) that may have violated the age limit of beef imports agreed between Japan and the United States, Japanese government said Feb. 16. Photo was provided by the Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry. (Kyodo)
            Johanns seeks talks to expand U.S. beef exports to Japan

            Johanns seeks talks to expand U.S. beef exports to Japan

            WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a joint news conference with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in Washington on Jan. 11. (Kyodo)
              U.S. to press Japan to remove age limit on beef imports: Johanns

              U.S. to press Japan to remove age limit on beef imports: Johanns

              WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns tells Kyodo News on Nov. 3 that the United States will press Japan to remove the age limit on imports of U.S. beef, hardening its demand from an earlier call for raising the limit to 30 months from the current 20 months. (Kyodo)
                Japan's farm minister disappointed by failed WTO talks

                Japan's farm minister disappointed by failed WTO talks

                GENEVA, Switzerland - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) expresses disappointment at the failure to break a deadlock in global free trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization at a press conference he gave in Geneva on July 1 with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai (R). ''It is regrettable that our discussions couldn't get to the point where we play our aces. I have to admit I'm returning to Japan without a sense of satisfaction,'' he said after a ministerial meeting. (Kyodo)
                  Japan to agree with U.S. on lifting beef import ban

                  Japan to agree with U.S. on lifting beef import ban

                  TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 20 about a possible resumption to Japan of imports of American beef.
                    Nakagawa objects to U.S. plan to reduce No. of cows checked for

                    Nakagawa objects to U.S. plan to reduce No. of cows checked for

                    GENEVA, Switzerland - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (far left) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns (far right) pose for photos prior to their talks in Geneva on May 2. Nakagawa told Johanns that reducing the number of cows to be checked for mad cow disease is never likely to be accepted positively in Japan. (Kyodo)
                      Koizumi visit key to lifting beef ban: U.S. trade group head

                      Koizumi visit key to lifting beef ban: U.S. trade group head

                      BRISBANE, Australia - Philip Seng, president of the nonprofit U.S. Meat Export Federation, said in a recent interview with Kyodo News and other media that Japan and the United States should strike a deal over a dispute over Tokyo's U.S. beef import ban before Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits Washington in June.