Japan

Transfer of Farmland Rights after Retirement (Final)

Akihiko Hirasawa, Takayuki Kinura
Subsidy to Retiring Farmers Farmers who are going to retire can receive a subsidy from the government if they lend their farmlands to ICOF.  There are three types of subsidies as of 2014. (1) Subsidy to a community This subsidy is paid to a community whose members lend their farmlands to...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural land policies
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Farmer’s Pension System in Japan (Final)

Akihiko Hirasawa, Takayuki Kinura
Preferential tax treatment In the case of income tax or inhabitant tax, the rates of taxes are determined depending on the amount of taxable income without several deductions.  Farmers can deduce all the contributions for the FPS as well as those for the National Pension System.  Not...
Country: Japan Topic: Farmers' welfare and retirement system
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Farmer’s Pension System in Japan (Part 2)

Akihiko Hirasawa, Takayuki Kinura
Operation of pension fund The pension fund for farmers who are paying contributions or waiting for the inception of benefits after they turn 60 years old is operated in the “Insured Person Account.”  In this account, the fund is invested not only to domestic bonds and stocks,...
Country: Japan Topic: Farmers' welfare and retirement system
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Issues and Policies Surrounding Production of Milk and Dairy Products

Kunio Nishikawa
INTRODUCTION At the end of 2014 when many people bought and enjoyed sweet cakes made of raw milk for the Christmas, the shortage of dairy products, especially butter, became a hot topic in Japan. Consumers could not find out butter at any supermarkets, and have to wait its arriving for many days...
Country: Japan Topic: Agriculture
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Japan's Pork Imports: New Agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Negotiations

Yoshihisa Godo, Hiroshi Takahashi
Introduction On October 5, 2015, the 12 countries participating in the on-going Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations reached a broad agreement at the ministerial meeting in Atlanta U.S.A. During the meeting, Japan promised to reduce tariffs on foreign pork once the agreement comes to...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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