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This paper analyzes recent shifts in U.S. tariff policy toward strategic protectionism and their implications for Japanese agriculture. Japan’s heavy reliance on imported agricultural products and fertilizers, coupled with an aging farming population, exposes structural vulnerabilities...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into the agri-food sector, offering transformative potential for improving productivity, efficiency, and sustainability in Japan. However, it is unclear how demonstration subsidies for the introduction of AI smart agriculture...
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The “Reiwa Rice Riots” in Japan exhibit three key characteristics: rice shortages, soaring prices, and historical significance. Triggered by sudden shifts in supply and demand for rice produced in 2023, shortages and fierce competition for rice emerged, causing prices to skyrocket. This...
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In Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), candidate sites, and potential candidate sites, it is important to take into account the characteristics of the area and the characteristics of the goods and services that can be sold in order to conserve the agro-cultural...
Shinichi Saitoh
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Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.Job Title
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U.S. Tariff Policy and Its Impacts on Japanese Agriculture
Smart Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence Applications: Cases of the Demonstration Project in Japan
Characteristics of the Japan Rice Shortage as “Reiwa Rice Riots”
Framework for the Management Initiatives of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
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