About the amount of production every kind of rice for 2009, three kinds of high ranks are "Koshihikari", "Hitomebore" and "Hinohikari", and these come to occupy 50% of the total harvest volume. In these, "Hinohikari" is produced in warm Kinki district southward, the Kyushu district in particular but "Koshihikari" and "Hitomebore" are superior in cold resistance and produced in the whole country around Middle Tohoku district southward. Such a kind development corresponding to the climatic condition continues and is studied, in late years the development of the high temperature-resistant kind is pushed forward in order to cope with the outbreak increase of the high temperature injury to a paddy-rice product by the Global Warming. In addition, the choice of reasonable transplant time depending on meteorological trends and the review of the comprehensive cultivation guidance are studied. And, about cultivar development and production of rice depending on the change in domestic demand and about development of superior rice varieties depending on various uses including rice flour use, feed use, bioethanol use are promoted

Corn is a principal raw material of animal feed which is important in the production of meat, eggs and dairy products. It is also a raw material for processed foods such as cornstarch, cornflakes and isomerized sugar, which are essential for the Japanese diet. Currently the world corn production is approximately 500 million tons, and corn is one of the three major crops in the world along with wheat and rice. U.S. is the world’s prominent corn producer, followed by China and Brazil. Japan imports four times as much corn as it does wheat and soybeans, and spends more money on corn than it does on any other farm product. 80% of Japan’ s corn imports come from U.S. and their value is greater than any other good imported from U.S..

In the Japanese market, soybeans have long been indispensable to the daily diet of Japanese people, as the raw material for foods such as miso, natto and tofu. The production volume of soybeans for 1994 decreased to be less than 100,000 tons. However, soybeans are so rich in nutrition that they are called the "meat of the field", and are an excellent source of vegetable albumin, so consumption of soybeans as a food product is expected to increase. The annual demand for soybeans for use in soybean oil production is approximately 4 million tons, and for use in food products is approximately 1 million tons, so it would not be exaggerating to say that Japan relies on imports for nearly all of its soybean use. Japan is the largest importer of soybeans and more than 80% of its imports come from the U.S.. Japan also imports soybeans from China and Brazil. Imported soybeans' prices experience large swings according to U.S. weather, prices on the Chicago market and exchange rate. They are on the most actively traded international contracts. The imported soybeans being traded at this exchange are listed as US soybeans and were listed on Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007.

The azuki bean has long been an important element of Japanese cuisine, used as a raw material for the red bean paste found in Japanese-style sweets, in sekihan red beans and rice, and in zenzai soup. The azuki bean has also been receiving attention recently as a healthy food. The annual production of azuki beans in Japan is approximately 90,000 tons, more than 80% of which are produced in Hokkaido. Japan consumes more than 100,000 tons annually, importing azuki beans from countries like China to supplement domestic production.

The coffee index is an index-converted value of the contract price for the arabica and robustas raw coffee beans futures transactions traded on the Tokyo Grain Commodity Exchange.The values for 2000 fiscal year are taken as the standard, and transactions are made at a future index value (the contract index). So that all parties participating in the transactions can participate from an equal standing, a platform is provided for formulating fair and impartial prices, and this platform also offers diverse chances for speculation including opportunities to make decisions about hedges. As with the Corn 75 Index, all settlements for transactions are made in cash using counter sales.The coffee index is receiving considerable attention as a commodity that is more competitive and which is more effective as an investment than futures transactions.

The Corn 75 Index is an index-converted value offering a one-package contract price for the two markets for commodity exchange in Japan listing corn, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the soybean oil cake market for the Chicago Board of Trade. The values for 1993 are taken as the standard, and transactions are made at a future index value (the contract index).As such, the actual commodities are not exchanged, rather, settlements for transactions are made in cash using counter sales. Therefore, general investors, spot traders, institutional investors, etc., can participate in transactions from an equal standing.

As the only Fisheries market in Japan, we listed the frozen shrimp (black tiger). Japan imports approximately 250,000 tons of frozen shrimp annually, of which just under 70,000 tons, nearly 30%, are black tiger shrimp. Approximately 90% of black tiger shrimp are caught in Indonesia, India, Thailand and Vietnam, and the two largest consumers of these shrimp are Japan and the U.S.A

Raw sugar is the raw material for refined sugar. Known as raw centrifugal cane sugar, this light-brown raw sugar is produced from sugarcane. Sugar is also produced from the sugar beet. Sugarcane is a perennial crop grown primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. The sugarcane is processed into raw sugar in the area where it is grown, and then refined into pure white sugar, granular sugar, and other types of sugars at the point of consumption. The annual Japanese consumption of sugar is approximately 2.4 million tons, with approximately 800,000 tons produced domestically, relying on imports for the remaining 1.6 million tons.