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Luxury mushrooms from Noto fetch record price at auction

Luxury "Nototemari" shiitake mushrooms fetch a record price of 350,000 yen ($2,200) per bowl of six at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025. The Noto region, where the mushrooms are produced, experienced a powerful earthquake in January 2024 and record torrential rains in September.

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Luxury mushrooms from Noto fetch record price at auction

Luxury "Nototemari" shiitake mushrooms are displayed after fetching a record price of 350,000 yen ($2,200) per bowl of six at this year's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025. The Noto region, where the mushrooms are produced, experienced a powerful earthquake in January 2024 and record torrential rains in September.

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Mushroom Industry Cluster

LAIXI, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A worker picks shiitake mushrooms at Shandong Azefogi Biotechnology Co LTD in Laixi, Shandong province, China, Oct 17, 2024.

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Mushroom Industry Cluster

LAIXI, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A worker picks shiitake mushrooms at Shandong Azefogi Biotechnology Co LTD in Laixi, Shandong province, China, Oct 17, 2024.

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Mushroom Industry Cluster

LAIXI, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A worker picks shiitake mushrooms at Shandong Azefogi Biotechnology Co LTD in Laixi, Shandong province, China, Oct 17, 2024.

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A Mushroom Cultivation And Processing Enterprise in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 14, 2024 - A staff member of a mushroom cultivation and processing company checks the growth of shiitake mushrooms in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 14, 2024.

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A Mushroom Cultivation And Processing Enterprise in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 14, 2024 - A staff member of a mushroom cultivation and processing company checks the growth of shiitake mushrooms in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 14, 2024.

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A Mushroom Cultivation And Processing Enterprise in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 14, 2024 - A staff member of a mushroom cultivation and processing company checks the growth of shiitake mushrooms in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 14, 2024.

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Dried shiitake mushroom of Oita Pref. for Europe

OITA, Japan - Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, makes a dish using broth from dried shiitake mushroom in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014, during a tasting event. The event was held by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture for the European market.

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Dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref. for Europe

OITA, Japan - Japanese chefs including Shintaro Awa (C) show their dishes featuring dried shiitake mushroom in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014, during a tasting event. The event was held by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture for the European market.

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Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - A fish and chips dish using dried shiitake mushroom sauce made by Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, is served at a tasting event in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014. The event was organized by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture targeting the European market.

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Gov't bans mushroom shipments near nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 13, 2011. Edano said the government on the same day banned shipments of shiitake mushrooms grown outdoors in five cities, eight towns and three villages near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, citing high levels of radioactivity.

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Domestic shiitake producers enjoying high prices again

OITA, Japan - Brokers check dried shiitake mushrooms at the dried shiitake distribution center run by the Oita shiitake agricultural cooperative in the city of Oita on Dec. 2, 2008.

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Japan, China resume talks in Beijing over farm products

BEIJING, China - Japan (R side) and China resume senior working-level talks Nov. 1 in Beijing aimed at settling disputes over Japan's import curbs on stone leeks, shiitake mushrooms and rushes used in tatami mats mainly from China, and China's retaliatory measures.

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Ministers reach basic accord on farm import curb

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshio Yatsu heads for a meeting in the Diet on March 30 with Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma to discuss problems resulting from surging imports from China of stone leeks, ''shiitake'' mushrooms and rushes used in ''tatami'' mats. They reached a basic agreement to impose a temporary emergency import curb on these products.

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U.S.-NEW JERSEY-CUMBERLAND-CHINESE EDIBLE FUNGI SUPPLIER

(220803) -- CUMBERLAND (U.S.), Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers sort out shiitake mushrooms before packaging at Qihe's mushroom farm in Cumberland County, New Jersey, the United States, on July 30, 2022. Chinese specialty mushroom supplier Shandong Qihe Biological Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to expand its presence in the U.S. market by adding more production capacity and extending business chains, according to an executive in charge of the company's operation in North America. Qihe operates mushroom growing farms in Cumberland County, New Jersey and Seattle of Washington with daily output at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds and around 5,000 pounds, respectively, said Du Xingpeng, head of Qihe's operation in North America. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese edible fungi supplier eyes bigger role in Americans' recipe

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U.S.-NEW JERSEY-CUMBERLAND-CHINESE EDIBLE FUNGI SUPPLIER

(220803) -- CUMBERLAND (U.S.), Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker packages shiitake mushrooms at Qihe's mushroom farm in Cumberland County, New Jersey, the United States, on July 30, 2022. Chinese specialty mushroom supplier Shandong Qihe Biological Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to expand its presence in the U.S. market by adding more production capacity and extending business chains, according to an executive in charge of the company's operation in North America. Qihe operates mushroom growing farms in Cumberland County, New Jersey and Seattle of Washington with daily output at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds and around 5,000 pounds, respectively, said Du Xingpeng, head of Qihe's operation in North America. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese edible fungi supplier eyes bigger role in Americans' recipe

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U.S.-NEW JERSEY-CUMBERLAND-CHINESE EDIBLE FUNGI SUPPLIER

(220803) -- CUMBERLAND (U.S.), Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers process shiitake mushrooms before packaging at Qihe's mushroom farm in Cumberland County, New Jersey, the United States, on July 30, 2022. Chinese specialty mushroom supplier Shandong Qihe Biological Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to expand its presence in the U.S. market by adding more production capacity and extending business chains, according to an executive in charge of the company's operation in North America. Qihe operates mushroom growing farms in Cumberland County, New Jersey and Seattle of Washington with daily output at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds and around 5,000 pounds, respectively, said Du Xingpeng, head of Qihe's operation in North America. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese edible fungi supplier eyes bigger role in Americans' recipe

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U.S.-NEW JERSEY-CUMBERLAND-CHINESE EDIBLE FUNGI SUPPLIER

(220803) -- CUMBERLAND (U.S.), Aug. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker sorts out shiitake mushrooms before packaging at Qihe's mushroom farm in Cumberland County, New Jersey, the United States, on July 30, 2022. Chinese specialty mushroom supplier Shandong Qihe Biological Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to expand its presence in the U.S. market by adding more production capacity and extending business chains, according to an executive in charge of the company's operation in North America. Qihe operates mushroom growing farms in Cumberland County, New Jersey and Seattle of Washington with daily output at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds and around 5,000 pounds, respectively, said Du Xingpeng, head of Qihe's operation in North America. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese edible fungi supplier eyes bigger role in Americans' recipe

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Japan PM Kishida in Fukushima Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) is briefed about a shiitake mushroom cultivation project during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Tamura, northeastern Japan, on June 5, 2022.

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Japan, China resume talks in Beijing over farm products

BEIJING, China - Japan (R side) and China resume senior working-level talks Nov. 1 in Beijing aimed at settling disputes over Japan's import curbs on stone leeks, shiitake mushrooms and rushes used in tatami mats mainly from China, and China's retaliatory measures.

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Japan promotes shiitake mushrooms at Milan expo

Visitors to the Japan Pavilion at the food-themed world exposition in Milan taste dishes made with shiitake mushrooms from the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Oct. 20, 2015. During an event, promoters explained how to prepare stock from the local specialty and store the dried fungus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan promotes shiitake mushrooms at Milan expo

Visitors to the Japan Pavilion at the food-themed world exposition in Milan taste dishes made with shiitake mushrooms from the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Oct. 20, 2015. During an event, promoters explained how to prepare stock from the local specialty and store the dried fungus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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West Japan farm develops giant "shiitake" mushroom

Yasuhiro Takano, president of mushroom producer Takano Kinoko Plant in Tokushima ciy, western Japan, shows off a box of his giant "shiitake" mushrooms on May 21, 2015. Takano spent 12 years developing the new variety, which averages about 15 centimeters in diameter and contains three times as much "umami" tasty flavor as the conventional shiitake. Tokushima Prefecture is Japan's largest producer of raw shiitake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese shiitake mushrooms introduced at world expo in Milan

A visitor tastes a cooked shiitake mushroom at Japan's pavilion during the world exposition in Milan, Italy, on May 16, 2015, as Japanese growers of the mushrooms introduce their production and cooking methods for dried shiitake at the food-themed exhibition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese shiitake mushrooms introduced at world expo in Milan

A woman serves ginger candy, produced by a confectionary maker with a 300-year history in Izumo in western Japan's Shimane Prefecture, to visitors at Japan's pavilion during the world exposition in Milan, Italy, on May 16, 2015. The food-themed Expo Milano 2015 will run for six months through Oct. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese shiitake mushrooms introduced at world expo in Milan

Hisashi Kuruma (2nd from L), owner of a ginger candy maker with a 300-year history in Izumo in western Japan's Shimane Prefecture, poses with visitors at Japan's pavilion during the world exposition in Milan, Italy, on May 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't bans mushroom shipments near nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 13, 2011. Edano said the government on the same day banned shipments of shiitake mushrooms grown outdoors in five cities, eight towns and three villages near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, citing high levels of radioactivity. (Kyodo)

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Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - A fish and chips dish using dried shiitake mushroom sauce made by Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, is served at a tasting event in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014. The event was organized by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture targeting the European market. (Kyodo)

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