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【News】 Egret flowers spreading white wings (Aug. 20, 2015)
Kotaro Yamada In Isezaki-shi, Gunma Prefecture, 8,500 stocks of egret flowers are now in full bloom at “Egret Flower Show.” The show is held by a 71-year-old amateur plant grower, Hiroyuki Ishihara, to offer the public the chance to have a close look at the pearly white blossoms that resemble egret birds in flights. Egret flowers are one type of terrestrial orchids found in wetlands. It actually is one of the near threatened species listed in the Red List of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. In Gunma Prefecture, it has already become extinct, according to the local government. In Ishihara’s greenhouse, tens of thousands of egret flowers are … Continue reading
【News】 Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate marks 39 percent for five years in a row (Aug. 8, 2015)
Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2014, which ended in March, was 39 percent on a calorific intake basis for the fifth consecutive year, the farm ministry announced Friday, Aug. 7. On a production value basis, the rate marked a record low of 64 percent, down 1 percentage point from the previous year, reflecting a decline in rice prices. In March, the government set its calorie-based food self-sufficiency target for fiscal 2025 at 45 percent in the revised basic plan for food, agriculture and rural areas. The target for the production value-based sufficiency rate was set at 73 percent. The latest data shows the government is facing a tough road … Continue reading
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【News】 TPP ministerial meeting unlikely to be held by end of August (Aug. 7, 2015)
Trade ministers involved in the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative are unlikely to meet again in the end of this month, as it would be difficult to solve conflicting points among the members, Akira Amari, minister in charge of the talks, indicated on Thursday, Aug. 6. “It would be safer to schedule a ministerial meeting following the negotiations to deal with remaining issues,” Amari told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report on the prospects of the negotiations. He made the remarks apparently because of differences which are yet to be ironed out among member nations regarding such issues as market access to dairy goods, patent protections for … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Government responsible for improving food self-sufficiency (Aug. 6, 2015)
Japan’s food security has been threatened after World War II amid increasing pressure to liberalize its farm products market. 80 percent of the Japanese people believe it is necessary to raise the nation’s low food self-sufficiency rate. A number of reported problems involving the safety of imported agricultural products have prompted consumers to choose domestically-produced items. The government should be responsible for promoting agriculture to improve self-sufficiency and also ensure food safety. On top of that, the government should work on linking producers and consumers, and establish self-sufficient regions. Food self-sufficiency rate is an indicator that shows how much of the food consumed by the people of a country … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan criticizes New Zealand’s “unexpected” hardline stance in TPP talks (Aug. 3, 2015)
Akira Amari, minister in charge of the negotiations under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, has made it clear he thinks New Zealand was the key major stumbling block to a successful conclusion of the trade deal. After ministers failed to reach broad agreement in their meeting in Hawaii, Amari told reporters that a “certain country” was asking too much and urged the country to cool down, apparently targeting New Zealand which repeatedly pressed its demands for more dairy exports until the very end. As a matter of fact, Canada was the biggest matter of concern among negotiators before the ministerial meeting, as the administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper … Continue reading
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