will in this decade become the biggest foreign buyer of US corn, surpassing Japan ... For example, Asia & Pacific excludes Japan and Singapore; Middle East & North

Japan (18 p.p.), the United Kingdom (14 p.p.), Sweden (13 p.p.), and Canada

2010 Iraq 22,808 45,978 68,220 Israel 2,593 5,516 10,621 8,830 12,300 12,864 Japan

of the rapid economic growth in East Asian nations such as South Korea and Japan

d’Honneur by the Government of France, and the Order of the Rising Sun in Japan

People in Business” 2012, laureate of the Niigata International Food Prize Japan

travelled to thirty-five coun- tries to establish youth programs and has lived in Japan