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Japan Food Miles

Food Tracked From Japan

Food has been tracked from Japan 71,531 times, covering 340,970,220 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 4,767 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 8,006
Rice 3,667
Apple 2,493
Hamburger 2,163
Noodles 1,670
Soy Sauce 1,654
Ramen 1,096
Tuna 1,095
Wasabi 938
Seaweed 881
Beef 773
Eggs 764
Nori 720
Strawberries 706
Fish 693
Banana 653
Salmon 546
Milk 489
Chocolate 487
Oranges 384

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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