Japan-Updating farm data.

JAPAN-UPDATING THE FARM RECORDS.

The FAS Japan is writing a series of reports on the history of US agricultural exports to Japan.

These reports showcase the unique partnership between US cooperators, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and Japan’s food and agriculture sector that has made Japan the most successful country for the market development of US food products in history.

Topics covered are as follows:

The Prohibition of Eating Meat in Japan

The Aukland

Townsend Harris: The First US Envoy in Japan

The Meiji Restoration

Horace Capron’s Journey to Japan

Japan Changes Its Eating Habits

The School Lunch Program and Animal Protein

The Mechanization of Rice Production

The Japanese Government’s Restrictive Meat Import Policies

US Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

Looking to the Future.