Fuji Oil’s Honjuku Fromage cheese-like ingredients recreate aged Parmesan and Cheddar flavors through fermentation, offering versatile applications and stable handling.
Kirin Beer will raise prices for draft beer CO2 cylinders from October 1, its second increase this year, citing rising procurement costs and unstable supply.
Yamasa Soy Sauce is pursuing premium, value-added household products in fiscal 2026’s second half, launching Umami no Itteki: Five Carefully Selected Dashi Stocks while revising prices for selected items from October 1.
Kanro expects Japan’s gummy market to reach 150 billion yen by 2030 despite slower growth, strengthening value-led brands and adding a new Asahi Plant line in July 2027 to lift capacity by about 50%.
Kameda Seika, Calbee, and Wayo Women’s University found that toddlers aged one to two adjust how they grasp, bite, and chew snacks according to shape and hardness, highlighting the need for foods that support developing eating functions.
Kirin Beverage has launched “Gachaemon C,” Japan’s first gacha-equipped beverage vending machine, offering a free Mutekids children’s health drink with each eligible purchase to create fun parent-child health experiences.
NARO’s new seven-year plan prioritizes food security, climate-resilient agriculture, stronger food-system foundations, and commercialization of innovation by leveraging Japan’s natural capital and nationwide industry-government-academia collaboration.
Key Coffee is supporting sustainable coffee production in Ethiopia through JICA’s coffee development strategy, partnering with local research and government bodies to improve smallholder livelihoods and protect Arabica genetic diversity.
Meiji Holdings will transfer its China milk, yogurt, and B-to-B business to Shanghai AustAsia Food by December 31, concentrating resources on priority areas including cacao while retaining key yogurt intellectual property.
AEON aims to exceed 300 billion yen in Vietnam operating revenue by FY2030, using a multi-format strategy, 300-store MaxValu network, locally made Topvalu products, and stronger logistics and central kitchens.
Nissui will more than double domestic farmed-salmon harvests to 10,000 tonnes by 2030, led by 7,000 tonnes in Iwate through expanded pens, juvenile-fish production, advanced feeding barges, and freshness-focused katsujime processing.
Asahi Shokuhin acquired Melbourne-based Clamms Seafood through TFF Australia Holdings, strengthening its Australian seafood network alongside Brisbane’s The Fish Factory Australia and advancing its 2030 sales target of 100 billion yen.
Japan’s gari ginger makers face rising costs, sushi-market consolidation, and low-priced Chinese competition, prompting new domestic demand development in red ginger, prepared foods, seasonings, bakery, and confectionery.
Rokko Butter and Oguni Hospital hosted “for mom CAFE” for pregnant women and families, serving QBB Cheese DE Iron menus and sharing pregnancy nutrition tips, alongside 4D ultrasound and maternity experiences.
Yoshimura, a Japanese tea-packaging pioneer founded in 1932, is advancing digital flexible packaging, tea branding, tourism, and exports under fourth-generation President Ryusei Hashimoto.
USDEC positions Japan as a priority dairy export market, expanding supplies of cheese, cream cheese, butter, and high-value whey proteins as U.S. capacity growth supports stable long-term supply.
Cook Deli’s “Kayu Plus Meat Miso,” the first optimized nutritional food certified for elderly-care facilities, adds 33 balanced nutrients to rice porridge, delivering 303 kcal and 15g of protein per serving.
