Worldwide campaign for cage-free – its first target in Asia is a Japanese company
[The campaign ended when we made Toridoll Holdings stand at the starting point for animal welfare.]Hens are left in cages…
“One Step Ahead of Delicious” Ramen Restaurant Mugen is 100% Cage Free
Ramen restaurant “Chukasoba Mugen” in Osaka officially announced eggs used in their restaurants are 100% cage free. Chukasoba Mugen which has been…
Petition Filed: Hogs Starved to Death in Ehime
On July 28th 2022, we filed petitions to the Saijo Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution in regards to the…
82.8% of people will not buy fur in the future: Result of awareness survey on fur
From June to July 2022, the Animal Rights Center conducted an awareness survey on fur (animal fur). As a result,…
56,000 pigs Killed in two months in a farm in Tochigi
56,000 pigs Killed in two months in a farm in Tochigi The fourth case of Swine fever was detected on…
Don’t use Pacoma to Kill Animals
In June 2022, we learned horses were killed by getting disinfectant, Pacoma, injected without anesthesia at Kasamatsu Racecourse in Gifu.…
The egg industry corruption case – Mr. Akita and former agriculture minister Yoshikawa both found guilty, but problems continue
The court’s ruling of the bribery case, in which the former CEO of the leading egg company AKITA Foods had…
Corporate animal welfare procurement standards, slowly but gradually
Animal welfare progress by companies in Japan is far behind that of the rest of the world. This is apparent…
Ministry of the Environment definition: Making animals fight is illegal
Cockfighting is illegal. As soon as 2 male gamecocks are placed in a pen, it can be illegal. On 2022/4/28,…
Animal Welfare Award 2022: winners announced
We’re announcing the Animal Welfare Award winners for FY2021. Animal Welfare Award (AWA) is an award annually selecting and giving…
METI recognizes the importance of animal welfare
On 2022/4/7, at the House of Councilors Economic and Industrial Committee, Representative Kiyoshi Adachi brought up animal welfare as one…
Can’t the Agriculture Ministry change? – Animal Welfare Committee met behind closed doors
Following the investigation report after a scandal in the egg industry, their first information exchange session about animal welfare was…
Genome-editing technology, no animal welfare assessment in Japan
Genome-editing technologies can cause animals to suffer. The technologies, however, have already been applied to animals. Ahead of other countries,…
GOOD NEWS! HOTEL SENKEI DECLARES CAGE FREE BY 2030!
On March 18, 2022, Hotel Senkei, focusing on both animal welfare and SDGs, announced that the eggs used at the…
Ise Foods, which confines the largest number of animals in cages in Japan, filed for corporate reorganization
In March 2022, Japan’s largest egg producer Ise Foods, faced by financial difficulted, filed for corporate reorganization, drawing much attention…
2022 Awareness Survey regarding Livestock Animals
Since 2016, Animal Rights Center Japan has been conducting a survey once a year using a private company to see…
Cage-free and egg-free mayonnaise spreading
Mayonnaise is one of the most competitive products regarding animal welfare. Mayonnaise is said to be a “semi-solid dressing made…
No more animal fur – The number of animals killed down to 500,000
In 2021, 497,000* animals were killed for Japanese people’s fashion. You would be horrified if the same number of humans…
#ShrimpsMatter campaign final report
From July 2021 to January 2022, ARCJ ran a 6-month campaign about eyestalk ablation in shrimp farming, thanks to a…
No more foie gras! Import of foie gras decreased by 44%
Compared to 2020, the import of foie gras dropped by 44% according to the 2021 statistics presented by the Ministry…
Awareness Survey Regarding Shrimps #2, January 2022
From last July until January, Animal Rights Center Japan ran a #ShrimpsMatter campaign to raise awareness about shrimp eyestalk ablation.…
Good news! Wacoal is fur & fur-wool free.
Wacoal, a leading manufacturer of innerwear, will be fur & fur-wool free. Wacoal had already abolished the use of fur,…
Rescued from cockfighting ground in Chiba Prefecture. Crushed eyes, bloody heads, rings covered with blood.
In 2021, we, Animal Rights Center Japan, together with the animal protection group Cookhouse in Okinawa, identified the location of…
Slaughter-themed piece wins a film award
In recent years, we have been making films for the general public based on footage of animal farms sent to…
Japanese Culture and Animals
An artist Ujiie-san, who is also a foster parent of chickens we rescued, donated a Buddhist art piece to the…