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【Opinion】 In a country where bureaucrats monopolize state secrets, TPP negotiations remain in the dark
By Ryuichi Teshima, Diplomatic Journalist and Writer Holding up heavily redacted documents on the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, opposition party lawmakers urged the government to disclose the details of the negotiations in the Diet sessions in April. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other Cabinet ministers refused, saying the government cannot disclose the negotiation process since Japan joined the negotiations under the condition that it should be kept confidential. Opposition lawmakers were not convinced. They showed the manuscript of pre-publication memoirs authored by former farm minister Koya Nishikawa which reveals details of what went on in negotiations behind closed doors, and asked why the information cannot be disclosed … Continue reading
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[Editor’s column] The next generation in agriculture (April 25, 2016)
Farming nurtures people. The main character of “Silver Spoon,” a popular manga on students of an agricultural high school, is not an exception. Being brought up as a son of a company employee, the main character experiences farming for the first time in his life after entering the high school and struggles to grow up. Hokkaido Obihiro Agricultural High School, which the manga is based on, will be introduced in a high school English textbook. The textbook will include descriptions of students at the school, such as learning the preciousness of life through births and deaths of livestock animals. It will hopefully help convey the joys of farming to high … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Losing trust in the two political party system in America. It has become a plutocracy (May 02,2016)
［By James R. Simpson, Affiliate Professor and Senior Fellow Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service Washington State University］ The campaign for election of America’s president began in earnest nearly two years ago. This time frame, which has doubled since the 1960s, is unbelievable to Americans as well as the rest of the world. Much of the reason campaigns have dramatically lengthened is demise of reading newspapers. That media has been replaced by Internet, Smartphones and TV that have turned viewing into an entertainment media. Another crucial change is that party loyalty has significantly declined. Twenty two% of voters identified themselves as independents in 1952. That percent … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Concerns over Japan’s boost of feed rice production (April 19, 2016)
The Japan Agricultural News Senior special writer, Masaru Yamada Many farming regions in Japan are working on increasing cultivation of rice for livestock feed in an effort to improve the supply-demand balance of rice. The total acreage reached 80,000 hectares last year. The production is highly likely to continue expanding in the future, backed by rich government subsidies and support from agricultural organizations. This has also helped gradually recover the prices of table rice. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries estimates that there is roughly 4.42 million tons of potential demand for feed rice. If some 10 million tons of corn imported from countries such as the United States … Continue reading
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[Opinion] Abolishing the designated producers system for raw milk distribution unbeneficial for producers, distributors and consumers (April 16, 2016)
<The Japan Agricultural News has asked Nobuhiro Suzuki, professor of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, to contribute an article to evaluate a recent recommendation by an agricultural working group of the government’s Regulatory Reform Council. The group proposed abolishing the nation’s raw milk distribution system, in which regional dairy co-operatives designated by the government collect milk from local dairy farmers, then negotiate with and sell the produce to dairy companies.> It is extremely inefficient to collect and sell raw milk in small units, as it is highly perishable. Such an inefficient system would confuse dairy farmers, distributors, dairy product manufacturers and retailers, and it would … Continue reading
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