Japan's deputy farm minister attends ASEAN+3 meeting and signs 17 food deals in Singapore
Japan's Deputy Agriculture Minister Fujiki attended the 26th ASEAN+3 agriculture ministers' meeting in Singapore on October 30, 2026, where food security and farm cooperation were discussed. During the trip, Japan and Singapore revised their agriculture and food cooperation memorandum to add food technology, and 17 company-level agreements were announced at a ceremony on October 29. Fujiki also met Singapore's minister Foo and Vietnam's deputy minister Diep.
What does it mean?
Japan and Singapore have updated their written agreement on farming and food, and now food technology is one of the areas they will work on together. Seventeen pairs of companies from the two countries also signed their own cooperation papers. For an ordinary reader, this means more joint business projects in food technology between the two countries.
Who is affected?
Food companies in Japan and Singapore and the governments involved in agriculture cooperation.