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Japan Food Miles

Food Tracked From Japan

Food has been tracked from Japan 71,091 times, covering 338,765,852 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 4,765 miles per item - 17% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 1430 kg CO2 by plane, 1306 kg CO2 by car, or 267 kg CO2 by train.

According to our Food Miles tool the top 20 items tracked from Japan are listed below.

Food Tracked # of checks
Sushi 7,955
Rice 3,651
Apple 2,488
Hamburger 2,163
Noodles 1,653
Soy Sauce 1,642
Tuna 1,094
Ramen 1,090
Wasabi 936
Seaweed 875
Beef 767
Eggs 763
Nori 717
Strawberries 703
Fish 691
Banana 652
Salmon 544
Chocolate 486
Milk 481
Oranges 382

Wondering how far this really gets you, and what it means for your own choices? See what the current research says about food miles, or find out whether food miles still matter in 2026.

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