FEATURE: Japan's orange juice makers facing the squeeze as supply dries up

Orange juice, once a staple in Japanese households, is becoming increasingly scarce on store shelves.The culprit is not a decline in consumer interest, but a severe disruption in the supply chain as domestic orange juice producers halt operations amid soaring prices and crop failures in key orange-growing regions worldwide.The historic depreciation of the yen over the last three years has made matters worse as Japanese companies, who rely on imports for over 80 percent of Japan's fruit juice demand, fight an uphill battle to purchase the juice overseas.According to the Japan Fruit Juice Ass…READ FULL ARTICLE