Nissui cuts plastic use with new surimi stick packs
The Japanese seafood giant announced a packaging overhaul for its shredded imitation crab surimi products, replacing plastic trays with pillow-style packaging to reduce plastic usage by up to 45%
Japanese minister heads to China to push for lifting of seafood import ban
Japan's Agriculture Minister will visit China on Jan. 15-17 to call for the lifting of the ban on Japanese seafood imports imposed after the Fukushima water release
Japan repeats request for China to lift seafood import ban over radioactive water release
The ban, imposed in August 2023, followed Japan's release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Japanese supplier revives Aussie sea urchins, boosts exports, ecosystems
Kitasanriku Factory, a Japanese sea urchin supplier, aims to turn undernourished sea urchins in Australia into premium exports
Nordic trout egg prices soar to record high in Japan amid global salmon roe shortage
Soaring demand and a global shortage of salmon roe have driven Nordic trout egg prices to unprecedented levels, with air-shipped batches reaching record highs of $58/kg
Japan’s Hokkaido chum harvest hit record low at 15.6m salmon in 2024
Hokkaido's 2024 autumn chum salmon harvest dropped 18.7% year-on-year to a historic low of 43,624 metric tons, driving prices to record highs amid global supply shortages
Japan’s Pacific saury catch rebounds to 38,695t in 2024 amid historical lows
Japan's Pacific saury catch surged 58% in 2024 to 38,695t, driven by larger fish sizes and earlier operations, yet remains far below its historic peak
Japanese salmon RAS project secures $460m in funding
The funds will be used to support a land-based facility producing 10,000 metric tons of salmon per year, including also processing capabilities and a pet nutrition business
Japan’s Toyosu new-year auction sees second-highest ever tuna price
A prized bluefin tuna fetched over $1 million at Toyosu Market's first auction of 2025, marking the second-highest price ever recorded for the event
Kushiro tops Japan in port landing volume for second consecutive year
Japan's Kushiro Port in Hokkaido retained its status as the nation's top fishing port in 2024, with total landings reaching 173,000t a value exceeding JPY 11.7bn