Picture: Typical Japanese lunch -
tofu, edamame (soy beans)
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Japanese customer news round up Friday 10th February, 2012
1. Japanese customers demand for broiler meat (poultry) set to grow
“ Japan’s 2011 total broiler imports are projected to reach a 10-year record high of 840,000 MT (broiler meat up 7% to 450,000 MT and prepared products up 6% to 395,000 MT). "
Source: The Poultry Site
Note: Broiler meat (Poultry) by country ranked here Source: Index Omundi
2. Japanese customers can’t get enough of the works of Haruki Murakami
“(IQ84) It is a book full of anger and violence and disaster and weird sex and strange new realities, a book that seems to want to hold all of Japan inside of it “
3. Japanese Customers religious affiliations
Self Described religious affiliation in the 1970’s (%)
Roman Catholic 1%, Protestant 2 %, Non-Christian 87%, No religion 11 %, page 22
“The major religions in Japan are Buddhism and Shinto with many Japanese professing both” page 23
Source: How Australia Compares, Tiffen & Gittens, 2nd Edition.2009 ISBN 9780521712453
4. Japanese customers live in the biggest city in the world Tokyo
“Tokyo, Japan population in millions of people 35.2 million people, city’s share of national population 28%”
Source: How Australia Compares, Tiffen & Gittens, 2nd Edition. 2009. ISBN 9780521712453, page 20
5. Japanese customers life expectancy between the years 1900 – 2000
Japan – Year 1900 – 44.5 years, 1950 – 63.9 years, 2000 – 80.7 years
Source: How Australia Compares, Tiffen & Gittens, 2nd Edition. 2009. ISBN 9780521712453, page 4