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Monthly Archives: December 2013
【News】 Salted salmon in season (Dec. 13, 2013)
Takuo Fukumoto As winter deepens, production of salted salmon is at its peak in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture. Agricultural corporation Shinko Nosan is busy preparing salmon, curing them with salt and drying them for fermentation. The company’s main business is rice production, but it also engages in production of salted salmon for year-end gifts as a source of revenue during winter. They dress salmon, carefully removing dark flesh and internal organ membranes, and rub salt into it, leave it for up to a week and then wash away the salt and hang it for drying. It is dried for roughly three weeks to bring out the best flavor. Shinko Nosan dresses … Continue reading
【News】 TPP ministers stress fruits of negotiations, eager to maintain momentum for future agreement (Dec. 12, 2013)
Satomi Tamai – Singapore Ministers from the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, who wrapped up a four-day meeting in Singapore on It’s Tuesday, December 10, seemed to lack a sense of urgency in meeting their end-of-year goal for an accord, despite expectations which grew prior to the meeting. But they said in a joint statement that they have made “substantial progress” towards completing the agreement and will continue “intensive work” toward sealing the pact, adding that they will meet again next month. In a press conference held after the meeting, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman called the meeting “tremendously successful and productive,” saying … Continue reading
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【News】 Japanese farmers concerned over US’ highhanded attitude in TPP negotiations (Dec. 12, 2013)
After failing to reach agreement by the year end, ministers from the 12 member countries engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks decided to meet again in January. Farmers interviewed by The Japan Agricultural News unanimously voiced concern over future TPP negotiations and the Japanese government’s stance amid growing pressure from the United States to open markets. “The U.S. is too strong-armed,” said Koichi Kakizaki, 61, who grows rice on a 20-hectare land in Kaneyama, Yamagata Prefecture. “It seems like the U.S. is telling Japan and other countries to become its followers.” “We farmers think that joining the TPP talks in itself was wrong,” Kakizaki said, urging the government … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan takes the offensive in TPP talks, attacking US export subsidies (Dec. 10, 2013)
Hirobumi Senbongi – Singapore The Japanese government asked other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks to revise their export-related protectionist measures, including United States’ export subsidies, it was learned Monday, December 9. In the ministerial meeting of the TPP member countries held in Singapore, Japanese negotiators claimed that measures to support exports can distort trade liberalization, saying that it is unfair to focus only on tariff cuts by importing countries, and many members backed Japan on the issue, according to government sources close to the negotiations. By taking an offensive negotiating stance in the area of trade in goods, Japan aims at maintaining its pledge to protect key … Continue reading
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【Editorial】 Listen to the voices of young urban farmers (Dec. 7, 2013)
Young farmers in urban areas have come up with goals of conveying the value of urban farming to residents and contributing to society through offering farmlands for use in time of disasters. As the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will start full-fledged discussions on tax reform and budget compilation for fiscal 2014, we hope they will implement tax measures and other systems to support development of urban farming. In its policy book for fiscal 2013 released in May, the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives’ national youth organization pointed to development of urban farming as one of its major policy pillars. Based on the policy book, the organization’s subcommittee for … Continue reading
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