“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
Watch and try to unveil the mystery of Japanese Wagyu. English, French and Chinese Subtitles are available (Spoken only in Japanese).-
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【Report】Angry voters, including farmers, elect Trump U.S. president（Nov.16&17,2016）
[Washington, D.C./ By Ed Maixner, Journalist] In upset surprising pollsters and politicians in the United States and worldwide, Donald Trump, the American Republican Party candidate, won four years as president of the United States this week, riding to victory on a tidal wave of angry working class voters fed up with the central government in Washington, DC. Many still smart from the big recession of 2009 that they believe has cost them jobs and economic security, and they blame political leaders. Although Clinton won the usually Democratic-leaning west coast and northeast regions of the U.S., Trump swept up strong margins across all southern states and nearly all other inland states, which … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Unreasonable intervention in agricultural cooperatives’ management should never be allowed (Nov. 12, 2016)
The government’s Regulatory Reform Promotion Council has recently presented a draft proposal on reforming management of agricultural cooperatives. The key points include abolishing the consignment sales system of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (ZEN-NOH) and making the organization shift within a year to the system of purchasing all the products, as well as turning primary farm coops (JAs) into agents, instead of providers, of financial services. These are extremely unreasonable proposals that totally ignore the functions and roles of ZEN-NOH’s sales business and JAs’ financial business. Such denial of cooperative businesses and intervention in management of an independent private organization should not be allowed for whatever reason. The … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Wave of “nohaku” farm stays approaches (Sept. 28, 2016)
The government has set on boosting so-called “nohaku” farm stays to attract visitors, especially those from abroad, to rural villages as a key measure to revitalize local areas. The agriculture ministry and related ministries plan to largely increase budgetary allocations in line with the government’s tourism vision put together in spring. However, it is not easy to boost farm stays of foreign visitors who are not familiar with the Japanese language and culture. The rural community needs to work together to help visitors appreciate the Japanese countryside, and the government must come up with effective support measures. The administration under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to accelerate its Abenomics … Continue reading
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【News】 Lower House approves TPP agreement & related bills: Shinzo Abe’ Administration and ruling parties persistent in ratification at current Diet session (Nov. 11, 2016)
The House of Representatives passed a proposal to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement and approved TPP related bills at its plenary session held on November 10. Those TPP bills cleared the House with support from the ruling parties and the opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai. Lawmakers of the Democratic Party and other two opposition parties walked out of the assembly hall to protest against rapid ratification of the TPP pact. The ruling bloc plans to extend the current extraordinary Diet session, which is set to end on November 30, so as to ensure that the House of Councilors will also ratify the TPP pact by the end … Continue reading
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【Opinion】How to stop the TPP : Let`s fight together with consumer (Oct. 17,2016)
［By James R. Simpson, Affiliate Professor and Senior Fellow Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service Washington State University］ It is understandable that interest in fighting TPP has diminished now that the Abe administration has reorganized—essentially decimated—Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-ZENCHU) as part of national restructuring. But, I argue, there are ways for Japanese farmers to win the battle over TPP. One essence of my argument is that internationally farmers’ organizations have been able to uphold the principle that every country has a right to protect and support production of food for its own consumption. Consider that the WTO round of Doha trade negotiations is stalled … Continue reading
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