Japan

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

At the end of November 2022, kelp restoration and sea urchin aquaculture venture Urchinomics opened a commercial ranching site in Nagato, Japan, with seafood processor Maruyama Suisan. In attendance were guests including…

25th January 2023

Scaling up

25th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Alternative asset investment firm Cadman Capital Group has taken a strategic equity stake in Urchinomics, an aquaculture venture that turns ecologically-destructive sea urchins into high-valued seafood, which in turn helps restore dwindling kelp forests.

20th January 2023

Cadman buys into urchins

20th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first fish auction of 2023 at the Toyosu Fish Market, at the Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Tokyo, saw Japanese wholesaler Yamayuki and sushi chain operator Onodera Group pay ¥36,040,000 (about…

6th January 2023

Tokyo tuna sells for ¥36m

6th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Japan’s Tokai University and multinational company Fujitsu have revealed the successful development of a new technology to inspect the freshness of frozen tuna. 

21st December 2022

AI tuna quality test

21st December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Jusanhama Gyokyo Youth Association – a group of 19 producers – has secured Aquaculture Stewardship Council-Marine Stewardship Council (ASC-MSC) seaweed certification for responsible and sustainable wakame and kelp production, making it the…

23rd November 2022

Japanese seaweed first

23rd November 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Fish sector faces a perfect storm of export restrictions, a lack of equipment and the logistics chaos – all caused by sanctions from the west

10th August 2022

Russia in turmoil

10th August 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japanese seafood firms Mitsubishi Corporation and Maruha Nichiro Corporation have agreed to establish a new joint-venture company, Atland Corporation, that will specialise in the land-based production of salmon.

4th July 2022

New Japan salmon venture

4th July 2022

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Sashimi-grade tuna specialist Toei Reefer Line recently switched its satellite service provision for four internationally-trading ships to Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress solution, with the move recognising the importance that reliable and enhanced connectivity can play…

24th May 2022

Inmarsat connects tuna crews

24th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Land-based salmon farming company Proximar Seafood AS has reached an agreement with Marubeni Corporation whereby Marubeni will be the exclusive distributor in Japan for all the Atlantic salmon produced by the closed recirculating aquaculture…

21st April 2022

Proximar inks Japan deal

21st April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With new technologies and artificial intelligence attracting increasing attention from the aquaculture space, leading Japanese sushi chain Kura Sushi has elected to support the country’s fish farming progress through its new subsidiary…

20th April 2022

Serving up AI-raised fish

20th April 2022