Japan’s largest rotary sushi chain, Sushiro, will raise its prices in response to higher material costs and lower profits.
Sushiro is Japan’s largest sushi chain both in terms of sales and number of outlets. The chain has maintained a price of JPY 100 (USD 0.75, EUR 0.70), before tax, for a plate of two nigiri sushi since its establishment in 1984. However, rising raw material and transportation costs, along with the depreciation of
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The Japan Fisheries Agency began monitoring sales of sea cucumbers and abalone on 1 June, as one of the country’s new laws to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing – and rampant poaching of the two species – starts to take effect …
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The FY 2022 budget released by Japan’s Fisheries Agency highlights the challenges the country’s seafood sector is facing amid COVID-19.
The new budget features significant increases intended to help fishery management stability and promote new resource management system, adds additional funds to stabilize fishery incomes, and adds subsidies for fuel.
The budget for implementing fishery management stability measures and promoting a
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A new form of packaging is gaining popularity in Japan, and recently made a strong impression at the 19th Seafood Show Osaka …
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Researchers from Korea Maritime & Ocean University, in Busan, South Korea revealed that exposure to higher levels of benzo[α]pyrene (BaP) slowed immune response in bay scallops and lowered their capacity to deal with oxidative stress and DNA damage.
BaP is a carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), and one of the most common pollutants released into the sea. They are formed by incomplete combustion of organic matter,
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A tank farm grown up around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, built to hold treated cooling water from the reactor, will soon begin releasing diluted water as the tanks near capacity.
The debate over the cooling water has gone on for years, with multiple groups objecting to any release of water. Fishery cooperatives, some local mayors, and South Korea and China all object to the plan, but Japan’s Nuclear Regulation
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Members of Anti IUU Forum Japan have issued a joint statement to Japanese government officials recommending steps that should be taken to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The Anti IUU Forum Japan is a group of organizations promoting sustainable fisheries that includes WWF Japan, Seafood Legacy Co., The Nature Conservancy, Sailors for the Sea Japan.
Their "Joint Statement on Domestic Trade of
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Kyokuyo, Japan's fourth-largest seafood company, reported positive consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 March, 2022 …
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Nippon Suisan Kaisha announced positive financial results for fiscal year 2021, as it plans to formally change its name to Nissui Corporation …
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Though numerous land-based aquaculture projects are in the works in Japan, there are questions as to whether these new start-ups will be able to turn a profit.
One small-scale start-up producer near Osaka, Japan, is already operating in the black and showcasing how to succeed at land-based aquaculture using something other than an recirculating aquaculture system, which have become the most-popular choice for new land-based farms being built in
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