Category Animal Welfare
Cage-free shops are kind to both cats and chickens!
Urging WOAH to Ban Live Export
Banning male chick culling around the world—what about Japan?
Japan’s SDGs progress report shows that what Japan must do this year comes down to animal welfare (AW)
Cage-Free Expansion in the Mayonnaise Industry
Amid mass livestock deaths due to extreme heat, MP Ishigaki questions the government; MAFF’s response contradicts international standards
Bourbon Sets a Numerical Target; MAFF Advances Slaughter Reform: Animal Welfare Awards 2026 Announced
Petition Launched to Install Permanent Drinking Water Equipment in Slaughterhouse Holding Pens!
Issue 2 of “Animal Future TIMES” is complete!
Implementation of a Shareholder Proposal to Hokuryo Co., Ltd. (1384)
Comparison of FARMWISE and BBFAW evaluation items: Japan’s efforts measured by international standards
47% of pig slaughterhouses and 22% of cattle slaughterhouses suffer from lack of water: fact-finding survey
Recognition survey 2026 12% improvement in 10 years
FARMWISE Impact 2026 published – progress from almost zero in 2016, concrete measures still in progress
ARC Project Team: Newspaper Department Initiatives
Inside the Cage Where the Egg is Born: Domestic Poultry Farm Documentation Begins
Slaughtering without stun treatment, finally improving?
Profitability improvement requirements removed! Subsidies for sustainable livestock production strengthened!
CAS of chickens: subsidies began to be provided to Animal Welfare!
Cage-free feather count survey: only 1.48%, the lowest in the world
Sturzen Announces Effort to Make Eggs Cage-Free from Meat Industry
No water to drink even at a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius…domestic slaughterhouses demand immediate action.
Shrimp eyestalk ablation abolished, BAP certification to follow.
Councilor Kushida calls for animal welfare from Prime Minister Ishiba and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Koizumi!
Councilor Kenko Matsuki pointed out the loss of prior awareness of chicken slaughter, and the Ministry of the Environment’s response was limp!
Readable Shiba Park Hotel Highly sensitive cage-free initiative
