Japan

Introduction of School Lunch Program in Japan and Korea

Yutsai Huang
Yutsai Huang, Ph.D. Director, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center   School lunches were extended to all elementary schools in Japan in 1952, and with the enactment of the school lunch law, to junior high schools in 1954. Today, 99% of elementary school students and 82% of junior high...
Country: Japan Topic: Food security and safety
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Agro-Meteorological Database for Climate-Smart Rice Production

Mayumi Yoshimoto, Motoki Nishimori, Toshihiro Hasegawa, Tsuneo Kuwagata, Yasushi Ishigooka
Tsuneo Kuwagata, Mayumi Yoshimoto, Yasushi Ishigooka, Toshihiro Hasegawa, and Motoki Nishimori National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan E-mail: kuwa@affrc.go.jp   Rice productivity and quality in Japan is being impacted by global warming and climate...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Japan Plans to Cut Subsidies of Rice Farmers

Yutsai Huang
Yutsai Huang Director, Food and Fertilizer Center (FFTC)   Rice policy has been, and still is, the core policy of Japanese agriculture. Rice industry is highly protected by the Japanese government. In order to secure sustainability and create an environment where all motivated farmers...
Country: Japan Topic: Agriculture
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The History of Japan’s Post-Pacific-War Rice Policy

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa GODO Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   Rice, being a staple food of the Japanese, is the most important crop in Japan’s agricultural sector. This paper describes the history of Japanese rice policy after the Pacific War up to the present times (note 1). From the...
Country: Japan Topic: Agriculture
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Trade Liberalization and Rice Farming in Japan and Heilongjiang China

Toshiyuki Kako
Toshiyuki Kako Kibi International University e-mail: kako@kobe-u.ac.jp   ABSTRACT Japan has been pushing forward trade liberalization, and the country’s average tariff rate is at 4.9%, which is low by international standard. Agricultural imports increased rapidly with a...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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