Food and agriculture sector has been an important sector in many ASEAN countries, and a major source of employment and incomes for a large proportion of their population. According to the official index of Food Market, the world food market size is predicted to expand from 3.6 trillion USD in 2009 to 7.2 trillion USD in 2020. This is a significant growth even by world trade. In addition, the Japan’s food industry has increasingly participated in the globalization of the Japanese economy over the last two decades. Food manufactures have accelerated their overseas expansion. The number of their overseas subsidiaries and their sales are steadily increasing.
At the same time, the Myanmar economy has developed rapidly due to the relieved and lifted economic sanctions and foreign capital inflow after the general election in November 2010. The Japanese firms have gradually advanced into the Myanmar food industry. This study explores the current situation of the food systems