Weaker yen contributes to 30 percent upswing in Japan's H1 2022 seafood exports

Japan’s agricultural, forestry, and fishery exports hit a new high in the first half of 2022, benefiting from a weaker yen and the relaxing of COVID-19 measures in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced on 5 August the country's agricultural exports were up 7.9 percent year-on-year, and that its marine product exports rose 31.5 percent to reach JPY 180.2 billion (USD 1.33 billion, EUR 1.31 billion) ... 

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