Japan

The Beef Market and Beef Cattle Farmers in Japan

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   INTRODUCTION Although Japan is the third largest beef importing country in the world (US Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Traders), with imports accounting for nearly 60% of domestic beef...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Japanese Agricultural Policy Reforms after FY 2014 (PART 2)

Kunio Nishikawa
Kunio Nishikawa College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan   INTRODUCTION We translated a pamphlet, “New Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas is beginning!!”, Previously, we translated pages 1-5.  This time, we have translated pages 6-11.  ...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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The Significance of Non-farmers in Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives

Yoshihisa Godo
Japan’s food self-sufficiency ratio Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Yoshihisa Godo   INTRODUCTION Mass media often treat Japanese agricultural cooperatives as organizations of farmers1. Indeed, almost all farmers in Japan belong to agricultural cooperatives. Article 1 of the...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
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Frame and Emerging Reform of Agricultural Policy in Japan

Akihiko Hirasawa
Akihiko Hirasawa Norinchukin Research Institute co., ltd 1-1-12, Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0047 Japan e-mail: akihiko@nochuri.co.jp   ABSTRACT   Agricultural land reform in the aftermath of WWII generated agricultural structure of Japan with vast number of small...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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Agricultural Disaster Compensation System in Japan (Part 2)

Fumihiro Kabuta
Fumihiro Kabuta, Ph.D. Policy Research Coordinator, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan   (Continued from Part 1 uploaded on April 18, 2014) 7. Mechanism of the compensation (mutual aid insurance money) Agricultural mutual aid insurance...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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