Japan

Agricultural Imports, Trade Liberalization and Farm Income Supports 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 Land resource endowment, which is similar among monsoon Asian countries, and income levels are the main causes of uncompetitiveness...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Regulation of Farmland Conversion in Japan

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa GODO Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   Japan is a mountainous country, with only 33% of its total land acreage as flat area.  Japan’s flat land area is much smaller than that of other, major developed countries such as the United States with 70% of its total...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural land policies
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The Agricultural Labor Force in Japan

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa GODO Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   1. Definition of “agricultural labor force”   In Japan, agricultural laborers are classified in one of the following two ways: “population mainly engaged in farming” and “core persons mainly engaged in farming.”...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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An Outlook on Japanese Farm Households

Yoshihisa Godo
  Yoshihisa Godo Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   1. Definition of a farm household   A farm household is a typical unit of farming in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) defines a farm household as “a household...
Country: Japan Topic: Overview
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Japanese Agricultural Policy Reforms under the WTO Agreement in Agriculture

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo, PhD Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan   1.   Introduction The World Trade Organization (WTO) requests member countries to reduce fiscal expenditures for amber box programs, that is, those alleged to have the most trade-distorting effects. The WTO sets...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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