FARMWISE Impact 2026 published – progress from almost zero in 2016, concrete measures still in progress
30% of surveyed companies have developed animal welfare policies The Animal Rights Center (ARC) has released its “FARMWISE Impact 2026”…
Inside the Cage Where the Egg is Born: Domestic Poultry Farm Documentation Begins
The Animal Rights Center has launched a campaign “Inside the Cage｜Where the Eggs are Born” to unobtrusively document and disclose…
Last Chance Rescue: Save 8 pigs from slaughter
This project started in March 2024, and we are currently working at a fast pace to prepare. Although we haven’t…
Bourbon Sets a Numerical Target; MAFF Advances Slaughter Reform: Animal Welfare Awards 2026 Announced
Certified NPO Animal Rights Center has announced the winners of the “Animal Welfare Awards 2026”, which recognize initiatives that have…
Petition Launched to Install Permanent Drinking Water Equipment in Slaughterhouse Holding Pens!
In Japanese slaughterhouses, the issue remains that pigs and cattle waiting in holding pens are not provided with water. In…
Issue 2 of “Animal Future TIMES” is complete!
ARC Project Team | Newspaper Team Initiatives Compared with Issue 1, Issue 2 marked significant progress both in content and…
A Sushi Restaurant Committed to Cage-Free!
At “Sushi Yutaka,” a sushi restaurant in Miyagi Prefecture that focuses on local ingredients, all eggs used are cage-free.The restaurant…
Implementation of a Shareholder Proposal to Hokuryo Co., Ltd. (1384)
— Proposal by SIFT Japan to Strengthen Animal Welfare and Transition to Cage-Free — Certified NPO Animal Rights Center (hereinafter,…
47% of pig slaughterhouses and 22% of cattle slaughterhouses suffer from lack of water: fact-finding survey
In Japanese slaughterhouses, there is still the problem of pigs and cattle waiting at moorings not being allowed to drink…
Recognition survey 2026 12% improvement in 10 years
We have been conducting a survey on the awareness of livestock animal husbandry since 2016, 10 years have passed. The…
BAD NEWS: Fur imports increase by 21,203 animals
Imports of fur-lined clothing had been on a steady decline for the past six years, but in 2025 they began…
ARC Project Team: Newspaper Department Initiatives
In August 2025, the Newspaper Department published the first issue of Animal Future TIMEs, a newspaper that communicates the current…
Large reduction in foie gras imports: No more foie gras ever again!
Trade statistics for 2025 are now available. Let’s take a frightening look at the volume of foie gras imports. 1765…
Slaughtering without stun treatment, finally improving?
Slaughter without stun treatment, only in Japan, is here to stay. Chickens have been suffering for more than 50 years…
Profitability improvement requirements removed! Subsidies for sustainable livestock production strengthened!
A cage-free rate of 1.48% is not very high enough for Japan to make the transition to cage-free as well.…
CAS of chickens: subsidies began to be provided to Animal Welfare!
The FY2025 supplemental budget was approved by the Budget Committee. Included in this budget was an important one for animal…
Started signing a petition to the Diet calling for a ban on animal testing of cosmetics.
We don’t want animal sacrifices! We look forward to your cooperation! The three organizations, the Japan Association for the Abolition…
Ethical store, 3 stores are cage free!
In response to an inquiry from the Animal Rights Center, three restaurants, MUKU, a café-restaurant and select store in Sendai…
Question about Animal Welfare at Chiba Prefectural Assembly
On September 19, 2025, Councilor Toshiyuki Ogawa (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Chiba Prefectural Assembly Members’ Association) asked a general…
Percentage of chickens boiled and killed, meat chickens worse again
The number of blood release failures, which can be considered the percentage of slaughter failures, has been released by the…
A Step Forward by Bourbon, a 100-Year-Old Company: Seriousness about Cage-Free, Tested in the Global Trend
Bourbon, founded in 1924, announced in its 149th Annual Securities Report released on June 20, 2025, that as a company…
Cage-free feather count survey: only 1.48%, the lowest in the world
Domestic cage-free chicken numbers increase but still lowest in the world at 1.48% Faster shift to animal welfare livestock production…
Sturzen Announces Effort to Make Eggs Cage-Free from Meat Industry
A new stage following the abolition of pregnancy stalls Starzen has long announced a policy of phasing out the use…
No water to drink even at a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius…domestic slaughterhouses demand immediate action.
The summers of 2024 and 2025 were and are predicted to be unusually hot. Imagine. If you are deprived of…
Shrimp eyestalk ablation abolished, BAP certification to follow.
In August 2025, BAP certification, an international certification for aquaculture, officially announced that by December 31, 2030, all BAP-certified shrimp…
2026 Practical Questions for the Common University Entrance Test: Animal Welfare in the Japanese Language
A new format question on the subject of animal welfare is now available in the “2026 Practice Test for the…