The 12th Japan Pet Fair will be held from 26-29 March 2009 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama City in Japan. Since 1986 this bi-annual event has been playing an important role in the global pet trade to provide pet traders worldwide with golden business opportunities. In the last show held in Yokohama in 2007, 118 companies presented 558 exhibition booths to approximately 150 000 visitors, including some 44 000 professionals on business meeting days.