Japan

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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Japan’s Food Self-Sufficiency Ratio

Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo, PhD Professor, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan                 The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) recognizes “improving Japan’s food self-sufficiency ratio” as the highest...
Country: Japan Topic: Food security and safety
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