Kagoshima, Iwate, and Hokkaido." The important point here is that Wagyu only becomes Kobe beef when it is actually reared and prepared in the city of Kobe. Marbling is, in itself, a simple term ...

KIRISHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Prime Minister Fumio ... exports and deal with soaring feed prices. Kishida met with wagyu beef producers just before attending a national wagyu beef competition ...

the highest-quality A5-rank beef from Kagoshima Prefecture was offered. Passengers flying aboard Zipair aircraft are asked to place orders for wagyu on the corporation’s official website at ...

Wagyu beef, which comes from the Japanese breed of cattle of the same name, has enjoyed sales increases of 50%, even though prices can be as high as 25,000 pesos (US$47) a kilo and almost 30,000 ...

The finest cuts of Matsusaka wagyu have a melting point of 12 degrees Celsius, 8 degrees lower than Kobe. These cows are so valuable that in 2002, one fetched 50 million yen, over $330,000 ...