Data from the Japan Fruit Juice Association shows that imported orange juice carried a price tag of 259 yen ($1.60) per liter in 2020 but the figure reached 491 yen in 2023.

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The weak yen is not helping the situation. The Japan Fruit Juice Association says prices of imported orange juice surged last year by more than 50 percent in yen terms.