In the media reports of the poultry bribe suspicion case in which the former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, had secretly received 5 million yen in cash from a former representative of the egg-producing giant “Akita Foods” (Fukuyama City,…
Japan’s leading egg producer Akita Foods is alleged to have bribed the Agriculture Minister so that the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) standard for animal welfare allows for battery cages. Subsequently, Japan submitted an opinion to OIE that chickens…
On November 17, 2020, at the House of Representatives Environment Committee, Representative Keinin Horikoshi explained the cruelty of foie gras and the heated discussions in France. The day has finally come when we can talk about the cruelty of foie…
Animal cruelty, in treatment of any animals that humans deal with in society, is something that must not exist, either legally or morally, and it must be eliminated in industrial animals as well. Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of the Environment This…
A member of the House of Representative, Mr. Seiichi Kushida from Kanagawa, asked questions about battery cages for chicken hens, gestation crates for sows, dog meat, and treatment for retired horses at a committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held…
We made a manga about secrets behind milk. Please take a peek into what kind of environment milk is being produced. Illustrator: Vege Manga Natsumi For people who want to learn more about the situations of various animals, we…
Animal Rights Center Japan has collected signatures and submitted the petition calling for improvements to slaughterhouse animal welfare, and has worked on various slaughterhouses 1 2 3. But at the moment there is almost no information suggesting improvements. The problem of…
On the very day she was born at a hatchery, she was taken to the farm.She is a chick of a “broiler” chicken for meat.Her birthday is 8 is to be killed 50 days later, to be chicken meat.Mei and…
Many hens in Japan have a short miserable life in a battery cage. The result of an investigation conducted by the Animal Rights Center shows their condition is much crueler than the center had expected. ▾MOVIE | ▾Whistle-blowing and Vilification | ▾The Conditions of…
Breeding sows are impregnated (through artificial insemination or copulation with boars) about 8 months after their birth. After impregnation, each sow is placed into a gestation crate (also known as a sow stall) – A metal crate or cage with…
The Act on Welfare and Management of Animals was revised in 2020, which added a new chapter to Article 21 to set better standards to handle animals. We thought we would see great improvement in the animal handling businesses.However, according…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, bio sweet’s capocapo in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. This is a natural…
This is the 4-panel manga written by Vege Manga Natsumi for Animal Rights Center’s ARC NEWS newsletter. No. 10, we’re releasing a little earlier than usual, why? because the topic is timely!! * If you’d like to reproduce it, please…
Internal survey published Website documenting the 50 days of a broiler chicken: 2020/10/7 Tokyo: Animal Rights Center Japan has exposed the hidden reality behind Japan’s broiler poultry farming for the first time, and has published the “50DAYS” website to inform…
Many people seem to have the impression that meat of a bird is healthier than that of fellow mammals like cows and pigs, and therefore eating chicken preferentially. Also, these days there are people who avoid beef for environmental reasons,…
In response to ARCJ’s cage-free and egg-smart campaign calls, Innovation Design Ltd has declared cage-free, promising the future use of cage-free eggs at their three cafes operating in the Tokyo metropolitan area. It was last year that the company, which…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, MAMAHALO in Miyoshi City, Aichi prefecture, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. At this shop, eggs are mainly…
We’ve launched a petition to reduce the suffering of (broiler) chickens who are made into “Japanese chicken”. As a result of severe selective breeding for weight gain, 1/4 of the broilers are said to live under chronic pain 1/3…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, Meiwakai, a social welfare corporation based in Shizuoka, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. They operate employment support…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, Sumiyanokurashi in Kariya, Miyagi, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. This is a workshop for living alongside nature and…