Japan to resume beef exports to Hong Kong (Japan Today) TOKYO — Hong Kong agreed in principle to allow Japan to restart exports of beef from Japanese-grown cattle by removing a five-and-a-half-year ban on Japanese beef imports imposed amid the mad cow disease scare, the Japanese farm minister said Tuesday. [News Source]

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Japan to restart beef exports to Hong Kong for 1st time in 5.5 yrs (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Hong Kong agreed in principle to allow Japan to restart exports of beef from Japanese-grown cattle by removing a five-and-a-half-year ban on Japanese beef imports imposed amid the mad cow disease scare, the Japanese farm minister said Tuesday. [News Source]