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Message from
the President

Masashi Inoue, President and Representative Director

Message from the President

Entrust Us with the Export of Japanese Food

The history of JFC Japan dates back to our founding as the Tokyo branch of Pacific Trading Company (currently JFC International Inc.), a U.S. corporation established in the early 1900s to bring Japanese food products to Japanese immigrants in the United States.
At that time, our main role was to export soy sauce, miso, sake, and other Japanese foods such as canned goods and dried fish, from Japan to the United States.
Today, we have grown to become the group company with a network of 26 companies worldwide.
JFC Japan exports mainly Japanese food products, and Asian food products, from their respective countries to the rest of the world.
We also import carefully selected high-quality, secure, and safe food products from around the world to Japan.
Throughout our long history, we have always been committed to "reliable products and attentive services." as espoused in our corporate philosophy.
There are many hurdles involved in importing and exporting food products, including compliance with local regulations, quality control, and inventory control.

We possess solid expertise in food distribution, and by making full use of our Group company network, we are able to properly deliver the products our customers cherish to end consumers through the most appropriate channels.

Japanese Food: A Global Bridge Across Different Cultures

The delicious nature of Japanese food has become widely known and understood around the world.
It always makes me happy to see people from other countries who are impressed by Japanese food as they exclaim their enjoyment.
These are the kinds of moments where I know I took the right job.
It was around the mid-1970s that Americans came to appreciate Japanese food for its nutritional qualities, and its popularity has gradually increased since 2000 due to a growing health consciousness in the country.
In 2013, washoku, or traditional Japanese cuisine, was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The delicacy and variety of Japanese cuisine is loved around the world, transcending national borders.
There are consumers who have come to love Japanese food through anime and manga, and we feel that Japanese food also has the power to build bridges between different cultures.

Greater and Greater Potential for Japanese Food

Over the past two decades, the global market for Japanese food has continued to grow alongside increasing interest in Japanese food.
There are still many areas of the world where Japanese food has not yet penetrated, and we believe that the demand for Japanese food will continue to increase further in the future.
Thanks to the logistics network we have developed over the years and recent innovations in refrigeration technology, we are now able to deliver both fresh and frozen confections overseas.
The JFC Group is also able to meet the diverse culinary lifestyle needs of customers around the world, such as vegan and halal.
Going forward, we will continue to contribute to the exchange and advancement of food culture through Japanese food.
We look forward to your continued patronage of JFC Japan and the JFC Group.