Hokkaido’s future as a “great dairy district” was already foreseen by an American academic in November 1925. In 2000, the founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group was arrested in Osaka after years on the run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/history/japan-television-hokkaido-strike-shigenobu-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #dairyindustry #television #japanesenationalrailways #rail #unions #fusakoshigenobu #japaneseredarmy #osaka
An Indonesian program to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers calls for importing a million dairy cows over five years, at a cost of nearly $3 billion, with businesses pressed to foot the bill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/economy/dairy-indonesia-businesses-million-cows/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #cows #dairyindustry #indonesia
A case of infection with the flesh-eating screwworm has been identified in a person who traveled to the United States from Guatemala, sources have said, amid fears over the parasite's impact on the U.S. beef industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/world/science-health/human-screwworm-us-guatemala/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth#screwworms #agriculture #guatemala #us #dairyindustry #cdc
Butter prices in most of the world are lingering near record highs with little end in sight as a complex interplay of factors from heat waves to tariffs puts more cost pressure on consumers’ favorite foods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/07/markets/butter-global-price-surge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #butter #food #markets #dining #dairyindustry