The Ministry of agriculture of Japan has held regular weekly tender to purchase milling wheat from North America. According to AGN. Reuters. At the tender purchased 114,941 thousand tons of wheat: - 14 500 tons of Western white wheat from the US with delivery before 29 February; - 11 710 tonnes of hard red winter (HRW) wheat from the U.S. for delivery before February 29; - 24 200 tons of hard red winter (HRW) wheat from the U.S. with a shipment from 21 December to 20 January; - 30 380 t Northern spring (dark) wheat from the U.S. with a protein content of at least 14% with the shipment from 21 December to 20 January; - 30 380 tons of Western red spring (CWRS) wheat from Canada with a protein content of at least 12.5% with delivery before 29 February.