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Japan’s agricultural population drops 400,000 to 1.36 million in 2020, posting record high fall
TOKYO, Nov. 28 – The number of people in Japan whose main occupation is farming totaled 1.361 million as of Feb. 1, declining 396,000, or 22.5 percent, from five years ago, according to the 2020 Census of Agriculture and Forestry released on Nov. 27. The rate of drop was the biggest since 2005 when comparable data became available, largely reflecting the aging of the farming population. Meanwhile, the cultivated acreage per farm topped 3 hectares for the first time, indicating growth in farm size. The number of people mainly engaging in agriculture have been decreasing constantly, with the pace of decline accelerating. The agriculture ministry attributes the decline to the … Continue reading
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Grow rice well and win the game Shinmei supports RPG development
TOKYO, Nov. 12 – You are to select good rice seeds, plant them, get rid of weeds, and harvest them – all very skillfully in this brand-new action/simulation game. A Japanese game maker, Marvelous Inc., will release an all-new authentic rice-growing simulation game on November 12, 2020. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (“Tensui no Sakuna Hime” in Japanese) is an action role-playing game that delivers the story of Princess Sakuna, a harvest goddess exiled to the Isle of Demons (“Hinoe Island” in Japanese) to expunge the beasts controlling the island. Princess Sakuna gets stronger by eating high-quality rice grown by herself. So how to produce high-quality rice is the key … Continue reading
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15 nations sign RCEP, first trade pact between Japan and China, South Korea
TOKYO, Nov. 16 – Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations including Japan, China, South Korea and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations held an online summit meeting on Nov. 15, concluding negotiations and signing the Regional Economic Partnership trade deal. Japan will maintain its current tariffs on five agricultural products it regards as domestically important – rice, wheat, beef and pork, dairy products and sugar – as well as chicken and poultry products. The government sees the latest pact would not have any particular impact on the domestic agricultural sector, since less items would be subject to tariff elimination compared to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. RCEP is an … Continue reading
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Illicit cultivation and distribution of Japanese sweet potato variety Beniharuka spreading in South Korea
TOKYO, Nov. 15 – Japanese sweet potato variety Beniharuka is cultivated and distributed widely in South Korea without permission, it has been learned. The variety already accounts for 40 percent of sweet potato cultivation area in South Korea, prompting many in Japan to express concern over South Korean-grown sweet potatoes getting in the way of Japanese products in the global market, as Beniharuka is regarded as one of the Japanese agricultural products with high export potential. It appears that South Korean farmers who visited a sweet potato growing region in Japan took back Beniharuka seed potatoes without permission. Cultivation of Beniharuka began in Haenam in South Korea’s South Jeolla province … Continue reading
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Robot tractor moving fast with eye to the future; first demonstration in Toyama successful
TOYAMA, Oct. 23-An empty tractor completed the work at one farmland and moved to another. No one was sitting in the driver seat, but on the way when it saw a mannequin doll crossing, it stopped automatically and give way to the doll. Such a futuristic experiment was shown at the farmland of an agricultural corporation in the capital of Toyama Prefecture on October 22, 2020. The next-generation tractor was developed by a consortium led by the National Agricultural Research Organization and demonstrated in the prefecture in central Japan. Conventional robot tractors can work autonomously without a driver in farmland, but they still need drivers to drive on the road. … Continue reading
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