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【Editorial】 Potential economic impact of TPP – Don’t think it is somebody else’s problem, it could very well be yours (July 13, 2013)
A group of anti-TPP professors came up with their own estimates on the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. They estimated how tariff eliminations under the TPP pact will affect agricultural production and income in each prefecture. They also analyzed in detail the possible effects on rice farmers and related industries. Their estimates revealed that major agricultural producing prefectures will suffer severe damage, and that even large-scale rice farmers will be in the red. With the Upper House election coming up, the issues concerning the TPP talks should be discussed more from the viewpoint of farming business and local economies. The economic effects of the TPP pact … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Election candidates should discuss the future of agriculture more from the standpoint of farmers (July 9, 2013)
Campaigning by leaders of political parties are heating up as the Upper House election nears, but their debate over agricultural policies has not deepened. Who should we choose to entrust the future of agriculture, rural communities and safety and security of food? Political parties and candidates should discuss concrete policies from the viewpoint of farmers so that they will be easier to understand. Needless to say, the biggest point of issue is the policies concerning the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations. The People’s Life Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Green Wind party clearly expressed opposition to the TPP scheme in their campaign pledges, and the Japanese Communist Party … Continue reading
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【News】 Anti-TPP professors come up with estimates for the impact of TPP on rice farmers, warning that even large-scale farmers will go into the red if tariffs are cut (July 6, 2013)
A group of university professors calling for Japan’s immediate withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks said on Friday, July 5, that if a tariff on rice is abolished, even large-scale rice farmers will suffer large deficits, if subsidies are excluded. “If Japan enters the TPP negotiations, it will become financially difficult even for farmers working more than 10 hectares of land to continue farming,” said Satoshi Daigo, professor emeritus of financial accounting at the University of Tokyo, who heads the group. The group’s estimates, the second report following the one announced in May, this time focuses on possible impacts of the TPP scheme on farmers growing four products … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Candidates of the coming Upper House election should listen to the voices of farmers (July 5, 2013)
17-day official campaigning for the Upper House election scheduled on Sunday, July 21, got under way on Thursday, July 4. This will be the first national election for farmers and rural communities to thrust their concerns to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration which announced that Japan will join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. Japan is expected to enter the TPP negotiations on Tuesday, July 23, right after the election. Also after the election, the government’s Regulatory Reform Council will set on discussing in detail reforms on agricultural regulations. In that sense, the results of the election will have a big influence on the future of Japan’s agriculture. We should … Continue reading
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【News】 Anti-TPP lawyers rise up to address concerns over investor-state dispute resolution (July 4, 2013)
A group of lawyers working in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya said they will set up an organization this month to analyze and address the dangers of investor-state dispute resolution (ISDR) mechanism which is currently negotiated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. The group plans to invite lawyers nationwide and hopes that several hundreds of them will recognize the threat of TPP to the national sovereignty and join the network to take action against it. Hajime Kawaguchi, a lawyer in Nagoya and vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations’ committee on the constitution, is working with Yukio Sugishima, a lawyer in Osaka, and Koji Iwatsuki, a lawyer in … Continue reading
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