Japan Beef

Japan Beef

Facts about beef in Japan

  • Japanese people tend to be one of the countries who are health conscious. As for their beef consumption- only a small difference noted from 2010 with 6.8 per capita to 2012 with 7.3 per capita
  • An average Japanese person eats only a third of the amount of meat consumed by an average American.
  • the Kinki region came on top with 9.7 kilograms- followed by the Chugoku- Kyushu- Shikoku- and Okinawa regions. In the Kanto region- the figure was only 5.8 kilograms.
  • A testament to this really momentous change in diet is that residents of Japan’s capital Tokyo are- for the first time in history- consuming more meat than seafood.
  • recent data shows that he or she is savoring almost 90 grams of meat daily. In fact- between 1970 and 2005- the total amount of beef consumed within the city increased by about 160% (equal to 11.5kg per person in 2005)