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【News】 Japan to consider filing a complaint against foreign countries at WTO over import restrictions on Japanese foods (March 30, 2017)
Yuji Yamamoto, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, told the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the House of Representatives on March 29 that he is ready to bring a complain at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against countries and regions imposing import restrictions on Japanese foods following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant of TEPCO that occurred subsequent to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. “We will consider filing a complaint at WTO against governments of foreign countries restricting imports of Japanese foods on the basis of non-scientific grounds,” Minister Yamamoto said. The Agricultural Minister told the Committee members that … Continue reading
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【News】New labeling for Japanese rice flour to debut in 2017: rice flour classified respectively for “cakes,” “bread,” and “noodle” as well as “gluten-free” rice flour (March 30, 2017)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan made an announcement on March 29 on new labeling standards for categorizing Japanese rice flour according to its utility into three classifications; namely rice flour for cakes, rice flour for bread and rice flour for noodle. MAFF is aiming at stimulating new demand for the rice flour by introducing the new labeling standards making it possible for consumers to select rice flour suitable for their use. Under the new labeling system, classification of rice flour is based on amylose content. High amylose content makes end-product quality hard, while low amylose content tends to make that soft. Rice flour manufacturers will be … Continue reading
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【News】ZEN-NOH to reform its business system with direct marketing and price cuts by competitive bidding (March 29, 2017)
ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations) or a national marketing and supply business organization of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) held an extraordinary general representative meeting on March 28 to decide its business reform policies and annual business program with a special emphasis on an increase in farmer’s income. Competitive biddings will be widely applied to ZEN-NOH’s purchases of production inputs from manufacturers so as to lower prices of the inputs to be supplied to JA’s member farmers by getting the advantage of scale in JA’s joint purchasing business system. ZEN-NOH plans to considerably reduce diversified brands of fertilizers to cut their supply prices. In fiscal 2017, for instance, a number … Continue reading
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【News】Colorful “kimigara” slippers made of corn husks gaining popularity (March 19, 2017)
Slippers made by women of farms in Aomori Prefecture using dried corn husks are recently becoming popular as they are colorful, light and do not become stuffy. The slippers, named “kimigara” from an Aomori dialect “kimi” meaning corn and “kara” meaning husks, are the traditional craftwork handed down in Towada, Aomori, for women to work on during the off-season. Husks of dent corn for feed are dried, and a group of 18 local women tear them and braid them into slippers. Skills are necessary to create slippers of same sizes entirely by hand, and one person can only make one pair of slippers a day. The group makes about 100 … Continue reading
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【News】 Farmers’ guidance for hands-on experience farming most effective to promote consumers’ understandings on food and agriculture (March 26, 2017)
Producers’ guidance for participants in hands-on experiences of farming, fishing and picking-up foods from the forest is most effective for them to deepen their understandings and interests in food and agriculture, a survey conducted by the Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has learned “A survey on diet and hands-on experience farming and fishing” was implemented by MAFF during a period of October and November 2016 by polling 4000 consumers aged from 20 to 60 years who have took part in those hands-on experiences. Among the polled consumers experiencing the hands-on farming with farmer’s guidance, 28.8 percent responded to a question regarding their shopping, saying “I am now … Continue reading
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