Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.
Subsidy to Retiring Farmers
Farmers who are going to retire can receive a subsidy from the government if they lend their farmlands to ICOF. There are three types of subsidies as of 2014.
(1) Subsidy to a community
This subsidy is paid to a community whose members lend their farmlands to...
Preferential tax treatment
In the case of income tax or inhabitant tax, the rates of taxes are determined depending on the amount of taxable income without several deductions. Farmers can deduce all the contributions for the FPS as well as those for the National Pension System. Not...
Operation of pension fund
The pension fund for farmers who are paying contributions or waiting for the inception of benefits after they turn 60 years old is operated in the “Insured Person Account.” In this account, the fund is invested not only to domestic bonds and stocks,...
Yoshihisa Godo
Yoshihisa Godo received his PhD degree from the University of Kyoto in 1992. His areas of research include development economics and agricultural economics. Professor Godo’s Development Economics (3rd edition), co-authored with Yujiro Hayami and published by the Oxford University Press in 2005, is especially well known. His book written in Japanese, Nihon no Shoku to Nou (Food and Agriculture in Japan), received the 28th Suntory Book Prize in 2006, one of the most prestigious academic book prizes in Japan. He belongs to the International Zheng He Society as an honorary advisor.
Affiliation
Meiji Gakuin UniversityJob Title
ProfessorE-mail
godo@eco.meijigakuin.ac.jpLatest Submission from Japan
Transfer of Farmland Rights after Retirement (Final)
Farmer’s Pension System in Japan (Final)
日本農民年金制度
Farmer’s Pension System in Japan (Part 2)
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