Agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki visited Matchamon, a cafe in Tokyo that serves matcha-based drinks, and exchanged views with executives there about the impact of the Middle East war on expansion and tea production. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/agriculture-minister-matcha-cafe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #norikazusuzuki #agriculture #maff #tea

During bilateral meetings with his counterparts from European Union member countries in Berlin, agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki expressed concerns about new packaging regulations the EU is to introduce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/politics/japan-eu-packaging-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #eujapanrelations #norikazusuzuki #agriculture #rice #tea

Agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has inspected onigiri rice ball and Japanese food shops, as well as local supermarkets, in Paris as he hopes to expand Japanese rice exports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/farm-minister-paris-visit-rice-exports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #norikazusuzuki #paris #rice #agriculture #maff

Agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has visited the Japanese unit of U.S. company Oishii Farm, which develops factories to grow fruit and other plants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/japan/farm-minister-plant-factory-developer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #norikazusuzuki #agriculture #maff #us #food

Japan's rice policy is at a crossroads as prices of the country's staple food stay around record highs, squeezing households. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/japan/japan-rice-policy-crossroads/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff #norikazusuzuki

Hiroshima Prefecture — which accounts for about 60% of Japan’s oyster production — is facing a crisis after farmed oysters began dying en masse, prompting fears among farmers about the industry’s survival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/society/hiroshima-oyster-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #oysters #hiroshima #norikazusuzuki #maff #environment

The Japanese government has said it will renew measures to deal with the rising number of bear attacks nationwide — 12 of them fatal — as more bears are seen roaming around residential areas in the north of the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/society/bears-government-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #animals #localgovernments #bears #shinjirokoizumi #norikazusuzuki #yoheimatsumoto #minorukihara #sdf

Newly appointed farm minister Norikazu Suzuki has hinted of a potential rethink of a policy to increase rice production advocated by the administration of former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/farm-minister-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #agriculture #rice #norikazusuzuki #shinjirokoizumi #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi