111 articles
Japanese market
Exports to Japan and Japan–Vietnam agricultural relations
Japanese market– category –
Exports to Japan and Japan–Vietnam agricultural relations
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The peak of Dak Lak's 41,000 hectares of durian shows the sourcing know-how of 280 growing-area codes
In the Buon Ma Thuot area, the center of Dak Lak province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Dak Lak Durian Festival opened on August 15, 2026. The aim of the event is to promote the regional brand and expand export markets, but what Japanese food buyers should read is not the festival's glamour. What Dak Lak holds as a province... -
With US tariffs on Vietnamese pangasius finalized, white fish flows to the CPTPP and Japan
On August 12, 2026, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) published the final results of the 21st annual review (POR21, covering the period August 2023 to July 2024) of the anti-dumping duty on frozen pangasius (basa / Vietnamese catfish). The duty rate jumped three- to fivefold from the preliminary results in February of that year, and the mainstay of exports to the United States... -
A Japan–Vietnam partnership that builds the growing area first: Ha Tinh's tilapia farming for Japan gets moving
In Mai Hoa commune, Ha Tinh province in north-central Vietnam, a groundbreaking ceremony for farming ponds was held on August 10, 2026. Tilapia grow-out ponds will be built on 2.24 hectares of a single household's land, and a joint venture bearing a Japanese name will handle everything from fry to buyback. This, reported by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) the next day, the 11th,... -
Nam Viet teams up with a Norwegian player, moving first in tilapia breeding
The major Vietnamese seafood company Nam Viet (NAVICO) has formed a long-term partnership with Norway's Benchmark Genetics Norway (BGN) on the selective breeding of Nile tilapia. It was announced simultaneously from An Giang province and Bergen, Norway, on August 5, 2026. Selling fish... -
Two Japanese companies take interest in Vietnamese coffee: the bean's history, questioned at a Tokyo meeting
At "CAFERES JAPAN 2026," an exhibition for foodservice and cafes held in Tokyo, two Japanese roasting companies stopped at the joint booth of Ho Chi Minh City's Green Economy Cooperative and Total Feeling Specialty Coffee. The specialty-coffee roaster Tokyo Coffee, and the UCC Group's U... -
Squid and octopus for sushi to Japan and South Korea: a Vietnamese food company aims for US$30 million
The Vietnamese food company Lien Viet Xanh Food Group is targeting the Japanese and South Korean markets with processed squid and octopus for sushi toppings. Its 2026 export-sales target is about US$30 million (roughly 4.5 billion yen at an approximate rate of 150 yen to the dollar). It has already piled up about US$16 million in the first half, and for the second half the remaining... -
Huy Nam thickens shrimp supply to Japan, expanding farming to prepare for the year-end sales season
The Vietnamese seafood processor and exporter Huy Nam is building up its mainstay shrimp supply to Japan ahead of the year-end sales season. Nguyen Nam Vinh, the company's vice president, revealed that it is pursuing three moves at once: expanding into farming, diversifying markets, and maintaining supply. As of August, orders... -
Alaska pollock over US$5,000; Vietnamese pangasius exports up 8.8% open opportunities in Japan and the EU
In Europe, Alaska pollock has topped US$5,000 per tonne, and the cod quota is also at its lowest level in 30 years. Vietnamese pangasius exports reached US$1.3 billion in January to July 2026, up 8.8%. We lay out, from a practical standpoint, the knock-on effects for Japan's white-fish sourcing and why to act now, while supply is thinning. -
Tilapia exports to Japan up 54% in the first half, heading to a high-price market at sashimi grade
Vietnamese tilapia exports to Japan rose 54% in the first half of 2026. We unpack, through the numbers and the global supply and demand for white fish, how a fish once used as a substitute for sea bream at conveyor-belt sushi is opening up the Japanese market as a sashimi-grade, high-value-added product. -
Vietnam, the world's seventh largest, rushes to prepare fisheries data—WCPFC membership will shape tuna procurement for Japan
Vietnam, ranked seventh in the world, is moving toward full membership in the WCPFC. We read how efforts to fill the gaps in fisheries data, with observer coverage at 0% and operation records at 25 to 50%, connect directly to Japan's tuna sourcing and traceability requirements.
