TOKYO -- Meat continues to grow pricier in Japan, particularly beef and pork, pushing demand toward relatively cheap chicken.
In beef, supply is tightening both at home and abroad. Cattle shipped in Japan will drop 13% on the year this month, according to the Tokyo-based Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corp. Ranching continues to decline amid the aging of Japan's farmers and the lingering effects of a 2010 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
