Japan

Overview of the Biomass Business Strategy

Hisako Nomura
Promotion-of commercialization by the selection and concentration of technology and biomass Basic concept ○ In response to the earthquake, and nuclear accident, an important challenge is to strengthen the independent and distributed energy supply systems utilizing regional biomasses ○ With a...
Country: Japan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Creating Attractive Rural Areas -To make a society where people come and go between urban and rural areas

Mari Izumi
INTRODUCTION   Japan’s rural area is changing right now. Young people have started to come back to the remote villages: Young group of people who migrated from cities has started to grow and process fruits in Suo-oshima-machi, Yamaguchi pref.  Since settled in the area, they...
Country: Japan Topic: Rural development
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Changing Economic Performance of Japan’s Agricultural Cooperatives

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT Japan has a unique system of agricultural cooperatives, known as JA. This study presents the updated estimates of JA’s share in the agricultural input and output markets. This study also calculates indicators for the economic solidarity of JA’s network. The estimation results show that...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
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A new vision of growth for the beef industry and the expected roles of agricultural cooperatives in Hokkaido, Japan

Hiroshi Takahashi
ABSTRACT The livestock producers in Japan continued to be exposed to the wave of the free trade such as TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement). In the past, livestock producers in Japan was exposed to the competition against the low priced imported beef...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
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Tax Refund Program for Food Expenditures

Yoshihisa Godo
Introduction The Japanese tax system employs a general indirect tax known as the Consumption Tax (CT). Currently, a CT of 8% is charged in the sale of all commodities and services. However, the CT rate is scheduled to increase to 10% in April 1, 2017. Citizens are not expected to favor this...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural finance
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