Break out the A1, US beef on way to Japan

From Bloomberg.com - U.S. Beef `On Its Way' to Japan, USDA's Johanns Says

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. beef is already being shipped to Japan, just three days after the Asian nation re-opened its market following a two-year ban over fears of mad-cow disease, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said. U.S. meatpackers including Tyson Foods Inc. and Cargill Inc. once had a $1 billion market in Japan and Johanns said his department would work to rebuild that market, which in 2003 was the biggest importer of U.S. beef.