Masahiko Takeuchi

Japan

Japan Reporter at Undercurrent News

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Week 16 Japan tuna roundup: Air-freighted fresh NZ bluefin fetch $57/kg amid domestic tight supply

6 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

The wholesale price of fresh wild bluefin tuna has surged at Japan's Tokyo Toyosu Market, driven by limited availability for premium-grade fish, according to market data and Undercurrent News industry sources [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Global farmed bluefin tuna prices rebound after 2024 historic lows

1 week ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Global prices for farmed bluefin and southern bluefin tuna are showing signs of recovery in 2025 following a sharp decline in 2024 that sent them to historic lows, according to trade data and Undercurrent News sources [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Japanese surimi industry braces for another potential Alaska pollock price hike

1 week ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Prices for Alaska pollock surimi blocks bound for the Japanese market are likely to rise again in the upcoming 2025 B season, as tight inventories and shifting production priorities raise alarm among domestic buyers, industry sources told Undercurrent News [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Chile's coho farmers eye markets beyond Japan with output increase forecast

1 week ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Chile's farmed coho salmon output is expected to increase by 6% in the upcoming 2025-26 season, with producers preparing to redirect much of the added volume to markets outside Japan, industry sources told Undercurrent News [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Japan's Kyokuyo opens new plant to repurpose skipjack tuna byproducts

1 week ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Japanese seafood giant Kyokuyo Co. has completed a new factory in Kagoshima Prefecture aimed at promoting the sustainable use of marine resources by turning skipjack tuna scraps into "neribushi," a type of dried fish paste, the company said Friday (April 11). [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Icelandic roe capelin prices hit record high on tiny supply

2 weeks ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Prices for Icelandic roe-bearing capelin bound have hit a record high as supply plummets, industry sources told Undercurrent News [...] Want to keep reading? Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!sign upHave an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. Email sentWe’ve sent a link to to change your password. Please check your inbox to reset your password securely and easily.
Nissui to develop mass production of Japanese eel seedlings

2 weeks ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Japanese seafood giant Nissui Corp. has launched a joint research initiative with a biotech firm, Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL), to develop mass production technology for closed-cycle Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) aquaculture, the two companies announced Monday (April 7). [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password.
Nissui targets $6.6bn sales by 2027 with global expansion, aquaculture at core

2 weeks ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Japanese seafood giant Nissui Corp. on Tuesday (April 8) unveiled its new medium-term management strategy, "GOOD FOODS Recipe2," targeting consolidated net sales of JPY 970 billion ($6.6bn) and operating profit of JPY 41bn by the fiscal year ending March 2028. [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Alaska pollock A season winds down with increased PBO, surimi, roe output

2 weeks ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

The US Alaska pollock fishery's 2025 A season is winding down in the Bering Sea with the outputs of pin-bone out (PBO) fillets, surimi and roe surpassing last year's levels, industry sources told Undercurrent News [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Maruha Nichiro, Mitsubishi-backed Japan salmon RAS delays first shipment by two years

2 weeks ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Atland Corp., a Japanese land-based Atlantic salmon farming company, has postponed its first commercial shipment to the fiscal year 2029, ending March 2030, a two-year delay from its original target, a spokesperson for parent company Mitsubishi Corp. confirmed to Undercurrent News. [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password.