Category Archives: Cooperatives

【News】 Australian agricultural industry stuck on tariff elimination without exception (Nov. 8, 2013)

  Kika Yamauchi – Canberra The delegation of Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group to Australia met representatives of the Australian agricultural industry on Thursday, Nov. 11, and reasserted their concern that increase of imports would lead to decline in Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate. Duncan Fraser, President of the National Farmers’ Federation who attended the meeting along with 13 other officials representing associations of agricultural items, said they have told the Australian government that they do not accept exceptions in eliminating tariffs in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. Other Australian officials also said that free trade would be beneficial for both sides concerning stable supply of food. In response, Hiromitsu Arasaki, … Continue reading

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【News】 Japanese agricultural cooperatives to promote beef exports (Nov. 6, 2013)

  The National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (JA Zen-Noh) which markets agricultural products announced Tuesday, November 5, that it has opened an office in Singapore on Friday, November 1, to promote Japanese beef. The federation believes the nation has prospects for expanding demand along with the increasing number of wealthy people. The federation also set up a sales department inside its New York subsidiary Zen-Noh Unico America Corp. on Friday, November 1, to expand sales business of meat and agricultural products. The federation plans to open a Japanese food restaurant in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles in March to offer Japanese beef and other dishes, JA Zen-Noh officials said. … Continue reading

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【News】 Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group to step up cooperation with Japan’s most influential business lobby (Oct. 30, 2013)

  The Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-Zenchu) announced Tuesday, October 29, that the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group and Keidanren, an influential business lobby also known as the Japan Business Federation, will establish a working group to strengthen cooperation between business and agricultural sectors. The move is part of JA’s efforts to collaborate with other industrial sectors to come up with new processed items in order to add value to agricultural products and reduce costs. The JA group included importance of such cooperation in its proposal on agricultural policies submitted to the government in June. In the working group’s first meeting scheduled on Monday, November 11, JA-Zenchu President Akira … Continue reading

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【News】 Communal agricultural corporations in Hiroshima join hands to strengthen development and marketing of processed food (Oct. 22, 2013)

  Communal agricultural corporations in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, are stepping up cooperation to learn ways to add value to their agricultural products. Out of 27 agricultural corporations which form a group to share management know-how and agricultural machinery, four corporations jointly established a food processing network to share problems and solutions, and plan training programs and field trips. Member corporations of the network have increased to eight. Toshiko Kodama, 75, a member of the network and an official in charge of processing business at agricultural producers’ cooperative corporation Nahirodani, said it is difficult for one corporation to invite experts or arrange tours, adding that joint efforts enable them to learn … Continue reading

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【News】 Japanese agricultural cooperative union calls on Asian counterparts to strengthen cooperation (Oct. 8, 2013)

  The Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-Zenchu) and leaders of agricultural cooperatives in four Asian countries and regions agreed on Monday, October 7, in Tokyo to deepen mutual ties through broadening exchange programs. JA-Zenchu President Akira Banzai exchanged opinions with leaders of agricultural cooperatives in four countries and regions – South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia and India – who are visiting Japan to attend the 23rd summit meeting of the East Asian Agricultural Organization Council (EAOC), scheduled in Niigata on Tuesday, October 8. Representatives of eight national agricultural cooperative organizations, including the National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (JA Zen-noh), joined the meeting for the first time to introduce their … Continue reading

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