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The article focuses on a marketing campaign which the U.S. Meat Export Federation is using in Japan to get the Japanese to eat more U.S. beef. The Japaneses government banned U.S. beef in 2003 after an outbreak of mad cow disease, but the ban was lifted in June of 2007, and the federation, through the campaign which uses baseball legend Nolan Ryan, wants to get the Japanese back to eating U.S. beef instead of the beef of other countries including Australia.

The article reports on the suspension of beef shipments from the Lexington, Nebraska plant of meatpacker Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. to Japan following the discovery of banned cattle parts in the shipments. According to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, quarantine inspectors have identified bovine spinal columns, banned under a bilateral agreement, in one of the 732 boxes which came from the meatpacker. It recalls that U.S. beef shipments to Japan dropped following the emergence of mad-cow disease in the U.S. in 2003.

Reports on the claim of Japan that the latest confirmed U.S. case of mad-cow disease will not affect deliberations on ending a 17-month ban on U.S. beef imports as of June 28, 2005.

Provides information on the program of the Japanese government in testing cows for mad-cow disease.

Announces the request of Japan to U.S. to label the country origin of the beef it exports to Japan by July 10, 2003 to ensure that none is derived from Canada or other countries that reported findings of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Reports the confirmation of the repackaging of imported beef as a domestic product by Snow Brand Food after the outbreak of mad-cow disease in Japan.

Deals with the impact of the mad-cow disease discovered on a local dairy cow by government officials in Japan on its beef market.

Describes health concerns in Japan following the discovery of a second case of mad-cow disease in November 2001.

Focuses on the actions taken by the Japanese government to save its domestic beef market following an outbreak of madcow disease in 2001.

Covers issues related to business and commerce in Asia and the Pacific as of October 8, 2001, including the move of the Japanese government to recall cattle products to combat the transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Reports on the response of the Japanese government to the first case of mad cow disease in 2001.

Reports the economic impact of the spread of mad-cow disease on the beef industry in Japan.

Reports that a dairy cow in Tokyo, Japan has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.