Japan is set to lift the restrictions on beef imports from Canada by allowing beef from animals aged up to 30 months from 1 February.
The new regulation expands the current requirement, which only allows beef exports from animals aged 21 months or younger.
Currently, Japan is the Canada's third largest market for beef exports. Over the past three years, Canada exported beef worth approximately C$75m ($74.60m) per year.
This move is expected to double the value of Canadian exports to Japan to nearly C$150m ($149.21m) per year.
Japan imposed a total ban on Canadian beef imports in 2003 after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
In 2005, Japan lifted the ban on imports from Canadian cattle aged 20 months or younger; however, it retained the ban on older animals over concerns that they may be at higher risk of BSE.
Japan has also lifted restrictions on beef imports from three other countries - US, France and the Netherlands.
