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Japan farm minister Suzuki in Paris

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki (L) meets the official from French retail giant Carrefour in charge of foreign food during a visit to Paris on Jan. 15, 2026. Suzuki pitched Japan's rice in a bid to expand its exports to the European market.

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Japan farm minister Suzuki in Paris

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki meets the press in Paris on Jan. 15, 2026, after visiting local supermarkets and a food company. Suzuki pitched Japan's rice in a bid to expand its exports to the European market.

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Japanese sake promotion in Cambodia

Cambodian government officials and people involved in the food and beverage industry take part in an event promoting rice wine made in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025, at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh.

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Crown prince visits food festival in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a farm and marine food festival in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince visits food festival in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a farm and marine food festival in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince visits food festival in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a farm and marine food festival in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Event to pitch Japanese food held in Beijing

A food tasting event for Japanese food is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2025, with Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (back, C) attending.

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Japanese food fair in Singapore

A food fair promoting Japanese food is held in Singapore on Oct. 16, 2025, with about 150 companies and organizations from 35 Japanese prefectures taking part.

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Japan PM Ishiba at food promotion event

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event to promote Japanese food products to ambassadors from over 100 countries, hosted by the country's Central Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry, in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba at food promotion event

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event to promote Japanese food products to ambassadors from over 100 countries, hosted by the country's Central Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry, in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba at food promotion event

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) tastes a local specialty at an event to promote Japanese food products to ambassadors from over 100 countries, hosted by the country's Central Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry, in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Ishiba at food promotion event

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event to promote Japanese food products to ambassadors from over 100 countries, hosted by the country's Central Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry, in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025.

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Japanese food promotion event in N.Y.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) takes part in an event to promote the export of Japanese food products held at a restaurant in New York on Sept. 23, 2025.

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Bear family seen in Hokkaido

Photo taken on May 14, 2025, shows a bear and two cubs walking on a road in Shiretoko National Park in the northern Japanese town of Shari in Hokkaido. In Japan, sightings of bears coming down to populated areas in search of food, as well as reports of attacks on humans by the animals, are on the rise.

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APEC meeting on food security

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on food security in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 10, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba on farm minister's resignation

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, about Taku Eto's resignation as farm minister over his comments on rice deemed insensitive to consumers struggling with soaring prices of the staple food.

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Japan PM Ishiba on farm minister's resignation

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, about Taku Eto's resignation as farm minister over his comments on rice deemed insensitive to consumers struggling with soaring prices of the staple food.

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Japan farm minister resigns over controversial rice comments

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto enters Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, to tender his resignation to the premier. Eto resigned as farm minister after coming under fire for his comments on rice deemed insensitive to consumers struggling with soaring prices of the staple food.

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Japan farm minister resigns over controversial rice comments

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto enters Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, to tender his resignation to the premier. Eto resigned as farm minister after coming under fire for his comments on rice deemed insensitive to consumers struggling with soaring prices of the staple food.

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Japan farm minister resigns over controversial rice comments

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto enters Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, to tender his resignation to the premier. Eto resigned as farm minister after coming under fire for his comments on rice deemed insensitive to consumers struggling with soaring prices of the staple food.

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Japan farm minister resigns over controversial rice comments

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto (C) enters Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, to tender his resignation to the premier. Eto resigned as farm minister after coming under fire for his comments on rice deemed insensitive to consumers struggling with soaring prices of the staple food.

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Princess Aiko visits Osaka expo

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Signature Pavilion, focusing on food and life, at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits Osaka expo

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Signature Pavilion, focusing on food and life, at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits Osaka expo

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Signature Pavilion, focusing on food and life, at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Lab to study aging mechanism

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and Tohoku University establish a lab at the state university's campus in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2025, to jointly study the mechanism of aging. The lab aims to develop anti-aging therapies, medicine and food through the study until March 2027.

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Lab to study aging mechanism

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and Tohoku University establish a lab at the state university's campus in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2025, to jointly study the mechanism of aging. The lab aims to develop anti-aging therapies, medicine and food through the study until March 2027.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Photo taken Nov. 28, 2024, shows the building housing the headquarters of Japanese chemical firm Unitika Ltd. in Osaka, western Japan. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, announced the same day its decision to pull out of that loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products.

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Unitika to leave textile business

Photo taken Nov. 28, 2024, shows the building housing the headquarters of Japanese chemical firm Unitika Ltd. in Osaka, western Japan. The company, which started in 1889 as a textiles firm, has decided to pull out of that loss-making side to its business and instead focus on packaging film for food and other polymer products, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Japan business leader meets China vice president

Takeshi Niinami (L), president of Japanese beverage and food maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. and chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, holds talks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japan business leader meets China vice president

Takeshi Niinami, president of Japanese beverage and food maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. and chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, holds talks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japanese food fair in Singapore

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows a booth for the Japan External Trade Organization at a Japanese food fair in Singapore.

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Japanese food fair in Singapore

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows a booth for a fish wholesaler in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture at a Japanese food fair in Singapore.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba eats curry rice with cutlet, a food considered superstitiously in Japan to bring victory, in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2024, ahead of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election later in the day. His win in the election means he is set to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Mister Donut operator chief

Tetsuya Wada, head of the Mister Donut doughnut store chain, owned by Japanese professional cleaning and fast food conglomerate Duskin Co., holds a doughnut during an interview in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Japanese food PR event in N.Y.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) takes part in an event to promote Japanese food and liquor to U.S. travel agencies during a visit to New York on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Japanese food PR event in N.Y.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) takes part in an event to promote Japanese food and liquor to U.S. travel agencies during a visit to New York on Sept. 23, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Bread featuring Japan's new banknotes

A woman shows three slices of bread resembling Japan's new banknotes at a food and sundry goods maker and retailer in Tokyo's Kita Ward on July 2, 2024, on the eve of their issuance. The bread was made by Shibusawa Ippinkan, named after Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," and represents (from top to bottom) a 10,000 yen note, a 5,000 yen note and a 1,000 yen note, featuring Shibusawa, educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931), respectively.(Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Bread featuring Japan's new banknotes

A woman shows three slices of bread resembling Japan's new banknotes at a food and sundry goods maker and retailer in Tokyo's Kita Ward on July 2, 2024, on the eve of their issuance. The bread was made by Shibusawa Ippinkan, named after Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," and represents (from top to bottom) a 10,000 yen note, a 5,000 yen note and a 1,000 yen note, featuring Shibusawa, educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), and physician and bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931), respectively.

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Bank of Japan keeps interest rate unchanged, yen sinks below 156

STORY: Bank of Japan keeps interest rate unchanged, yen sinks below 156 SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bank of Japan 2. various of city view in Tokyo 3. various of fresh food in supermarkets 4. various of city view in Tokyo STORYLINE: The Japanese central bank on Friday maintained its policy rate unchanged after wrapping up its two-day policy meeting, which sent the Japanese yen to its fresh 34-year low past the 156 line. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to guide short-term interest rates in a range of zero and 0.1 percent, a month after it ended the negative interest rate policy in its first rate hike in 17 years. The announcement weakened the country's currency against the U.S. dollar to the lowest level since May 1990, raising the risk of forex intervention by Japanese authorities. The BOJ, which also maintained its policy regarding government bond buying, said the country's core inflation, which excludes volatile

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Rice ball shop in Paris

Photo taken Feb. 9, 2024, shows an outlet in Paris of Omusubi Gonbei, a Japanese chain of rice ball shops. Rice balls, called onigiri or omusubi in Japanese, are gaining popularity as a healthy food in the French capital.

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Symposium on Japanese "umami" flavor in London

A symposium is held at Japan House in London on March 11, 2024, on the complex "umami" flavor produced by "dashi" soup stock and fermentation, both key elements in "washoku" Japanese traditional cuisine. Japanese chefs based in Europe served seafood from Japan to food company officials and journalists to mark the 10th anniversary of the registration of washoku cuisine on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Japanese food fair in Brussels

The Mission of Japan to the European Union sponsors a food fair at a hotel in Brussels on March 11, 2024, to promote Japanese food, especially that made in the country's northeastern region, in the European market, on the 13th anniversary of the March 2011 nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Event organizers served Japanese food to local journalists, food importers and restaurant operators. The event came as China continues to impose a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima plant into the sea.

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Event to promote Japanese food held in Bern

The Japanese Embassy in Switzerland sponsors an event to promote Japanese food in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024. Among the food items served at the event, held to mark the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's diplomatic ties with Switzerland, were scallops which Japan aims to sell in the European market amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Event to promote Japanese food held in Bern

The Japanese Embassy in Switzerland sponsors an event to promote Japanese food in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024. Among the food items served at the event, held to mark the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's diplomatic ties with Switzerland, were scallops which Japan aims to sell in the European market amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240103) -- WAJIMA, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Residents wait in line to buy food at a supermarket in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 3, 2024. The death toll has risen to 65 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3 p.m. local time on Wednesday, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and severe weather conditions hindering rescue work. The most stricken city of Wajima in Ishikawa has confirmed a total of 32 deaths, reported the national news agency Kyodo, citing local authorities. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Residents evacuate to overnight shelters after earthquakes in Japan

STORY: Residents evacuate to overnight shelters after earthquakes in Japan SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: ISHIKAWA, Japan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Emergency shelter coordinator 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): Local resident STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent "I am Xinhua correspondent Zhang Xiaoyu. I am now reporting in Ishikawa, Japan. Here is an emergency shelter in Ishikawa (prefecture). As we can see, many people are taking shelter here after strong earthquakes hit the region. The place used to be a primary school and now it has been turned into an emergency shelter. Earlier we've spoken with some of the people here. They've told me that around 230 people are currently staying here and there is a lack of water supply and food." SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Emergency shelter coordinator "We were afraid that a tsunami might come. So we tried to take she

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Japan PM Kishida visits supermarket in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front) visits a perishable food section of an Ito-Yokado supermarket store in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Oct. 16, 2023, ahead of the government finishing drawing up an economic stimulus package in October. (Pool photo)

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