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【News】 Foreign culinary students permitted to stay longer after graduation (Feb. 15, 2014)
The government revised regulations for foreign students at culinary schools to allow them stay in Japan for two years after graduation if they take up apprenticeships at Japanese-style restaurants, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced Friday, Feb. 15. Agriculture minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the same day that he hopes the revision will help nurture people who contribute to promoting Japanese food and food culture overseas, leading to an increase in exports of Japanese agricultural products and food items. Foreign students who study at culinary schools in Japan had to leave the country after graduation, but the revision enables them to stay longer if each student’s school … Continue reading
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【News】 Farmers from Fukuoka Prefecture ask agriculture minister to protect key agricultural products (Feb. 12, 2014)
Political entity of farmers in Fukuoka Prefecture asked agriculture minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Fukuoka on Tuesday, Feb. 11, to protect key agricultural products, including rice, wheat and dairy products, from tariff elimination in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. The TPP member countries are scheduled to hold a ministerial meeting starting on Saturday, Feb. 22, and the farmers urged that the government follow the resolutions adopted by the agricultural committees of the upper and lower houses of the Diet. 10 executives of agricultural groups invited Hayashi to their meeting to make requests regarding the TPP negotiations and the government’s new agricultural policies. Masaji Matsuyama, an upper house lawmaker from Fukuoka, … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Communities should work together on livestock epidemic prevention (Feb. 8, 2014)
Livestock animals are exposed to a number of infectious diseases. Highly pathogenic avian influenza is rampant in South Korea, while foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks are reported in Asian countries. In Japan, porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is spreading in a number of prefectures. Their impact is large because the livestock industry extends to markets, retailers, restaurants and meat processing firms. Moreover, movement of people increases in spring, and so is the risk of infection. Communities should not leave the task of disease prevention only to farmers and do everything possible to keep the virus out of the barns. A dangerous new strain of H5N8 avian flu which emerged in South Korea … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Vegetable farmers must strengthen cooperation with dealers to tackle increasing imports (Feb. 5, 2014)
Imports of fresh vegetables have recently been on the increase. According to the Finance Ministry’s trade statistics, imports of vegetables amounted to 93,000 tons last December, up 30 percent from a year before, marking a year-on-year rise for four consecutive months. This was due to rising prices of domestically grown vegetables brought about by poor crops. If the situation remains as it is, imported vegetables could become established in the Japanese market. Domestic growers should step up cooperation with food dealers and restaurants to maintain their position in the market. Vegetable imports had been marking a year-on-year drop in the period between September 2012 and August 2013. Imports remained … Continue reading
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【Series】Agricultural policies – Interviews with political parties: Part 7 Tomoko Kami, director of the Japanese Communist Party’s department for farmers and fishermen (Feb. 4, 2014)
Q. How will the party cope with issues related to agricultural reform? A. We have to stop Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration which is going out of control also in terms of agricultural policies. Abe has been ignoring the voices of the people in the agricultural sector and rural communities, and adopting policies which strongly reflect the voices of business circles, such as joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks and revising the rice production adjustment system. Especially concerning the TPP talks, the government is putting top priority on concluding the talks as soon as possible, without disclosing any significant information to the Japanese people. Tariff elimination without exception was … Continue reading
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