From being among the world largest producers and consumers of fish, in recent years Japan has become one of its largest importers, with a current seafood self-sufficiency ratio declined to 59%, and a parallel continuous reduction in domestic consumption, overtaken since the early 2000s by meat consumption.

This report, far from being exhaustive of a vast topic, with its different approaches and visions of the future, chained problematics and, more or less successful, attempts to find solutions, will focus on: 

• An account of fish, seafood and seaweed popularity in Japanese history;
• Japan’s market current position in the international context;
• Japan’s major producers and market players;
• Some of the problems affecting Japan’s fishing industry and how governmental and grassroot initiatives try to address them.
• Opportunities for collaboration between responsible EU and Japanese players.    

Click here to access the report and related webinar. 

Publication date: February 2024

Please keep in mind that this report is only accessible to EU companies which are registered to the EU Business in Japan restricted content of our website. If you are not yet a member, please register here: https://www.eu-japan.eu/eubusinessinjapan