2026-06-08
Norwegian herring imports surge as Japan seeks lower-cost fish options
Norwegian herring imports to Japan are rising as high mackerel prices push retailers to test lower-cost grilled and prepared-fish options.
Norwegian herring imports to Japan are rising as high mackerel prices push retailers to test lower-cost grilled and prepared-fish options.
Japan’s farmed salmon sector is expanding as domestic coho, trout and land-based Atlantic salmon producers seek niches in a segmented market shaped by warm-water limits, import costs and airfreight disruption.
Aeon and Yamada Suisan are offering limited trial sales of fully closed-cycle farmed Japanese eel, marking a retail test for technology developed through decades of government-backed research.
Data from: June 13, 2026
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| Product name |
Quantity
sold
|
Origin | Notes | High |
Avg.
(¥/Kg)
|
Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bluefin tuna (fresh) まぐろ（生鮮） | 31,972 | Tottori | － | 5,940 | 3,394 | 2,160 |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | 12,960 | － | 2,700 |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | 8,640 | － |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | － | － | － |
Bluefin tuna (frozen) まぐろ（冷凍） | 22,713 | Domestic & foreign | － | 4,320 | 3,477 | 2,700 |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) きわだ（生鮮） | 3,018 | Tokyo | － | 1,620 | 1,512 | 1,404 |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | － | － | － |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | 1,620 | － |
Yellowfin tuna (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Yellowfin tuna (frozen) きわだ（冷凍） | 2,958 | Domestic & foreign | － | 1,512 | 1,382 | 1,188 |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) めばち（生鮮） | 855 | － | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) | － | Various sources | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | 4,644 | 2,903 | 2,160 |
Bigeye tuna (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Bigeye tuna (frozen) めばち（冷凍） | 24,485 | Domestic & foreign | － | 2,700 | 1,607 | 1,404 |
Southern bluefin tuna (fresh) いんど（生鮮） | 1,090 | Foreign | － | 5,724 | 3,780 | 2,376 |
Southern bluefin tuna (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | － | － |
Southern bluefin tuna (frozen) いんど（冷凍） | 7,215 | Domestic & foreign | － | 4,320 | 2,133 | 1,188 |
Swordfish (fresh) めかじき（生鮮） | 6,039 | Various sources | － | － | 2,160 | － |
Swordfish (fresh) | － | Foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (fresh) | － | Domestic & foreign | － | － | － | － |
Swordfish (frozen) めかじき（冷凍） | 1,973 | Domestic & foreign | Fillet | － | 1,512 | － |
Other large fish (frozen) その他（大物冷） | 758 | － | － | － | － | － |
| Subtotal: 103,076 | ||||||
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