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Problems of the Dairy Industry in Japan

Department of Food Science, University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

Japanese diets for centuries have consisted mainly of cereals, vegetables, and fish, due to the influence of Buddhist doctrine. Protein was obtained only from fish, soybean products, and rice. Milk, eggs, and meat became popular after the Meiji Era of 1877. Since 1945 the adoption of American-style living has spread swiftly over the country. Most of the American television programs are featured in Japan. Young people are enjoying American-style clothes and drinking Coca Cola. During the postwar period the importation of milk equipment from abroad and processing milk and food products were the chief functions of companies in Japan. But now dealers have their own machines, clean and well equipped plants, and most all varieties of milk products are found in Japan. In addition, researches on the chemistry of milk and the automated production of milk products are progressing rapidly.

The Japanese economy has been expanding and the living standard of its people has increased.