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【News】Economic damage by TPP in Hokkaido prefecture estimated 116.9 billion yen by regional agricultural institute (June 5, 2017)
The Hokkaido Regional Agricultural Institute has announced its latest estimate of 116.9 billion yen for an economic damage to be occurred in Hokkaido prefecture by putting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact into effect. The estimation has been made on the basis of the broad TPP agreement announced by its member countries in October 2015, as well as on an amount of decreases in Hokkaido agricultural, forestry and fishery production that was estimated as 59.8 billion yen by the Hokkaido prefectural government in February 2016. The total economic loss by the TPP free trade deal in Hokkaido is broken down into 72.5 billion yen, an estimated loss of the … Continue reading
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【News】Japan court rejects citizens’ claim that TPP is unconstitutional(June 8, 2017)
The Tokyo district court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a civil society group that claims the Japanese government has violated the constitution by agreeing to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal. The court on June 7 also rejected the group’s request to block the government from signing the pact, explaining this is in the realm of executive power and a civil lawsuit cannot stop it. Moreover the judge said the plaintiffs failed to state a claim that the deal undermines basic human rights, because the TPP has not yet come into force. The group of nearly 1,600 people includes farmers, workers and healthcare professionals. It filed the case against the … Continue reading
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【News】LDP sets up committee for JP-EU trade deal amid PM Abe’s push(June 7, 2017)
Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has set up a committee to consult its members and stakeholders to ease anxiety over the Japan-EU free trade deal. The move coincides with a high-level push by the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to wrap up the negotiations early in July. Japan and the European Union leaders are now aiming to reach a free trade agreement when both sides meet at the sidelines of the July 7-8 G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Koya Nishikawa has been chosen to preside the committee, which is expected to meet once a week. Nishikawa is currently the chairman of LDP’s research commission on agriculture and food … Continue reading
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【News】Japanese Tofu industry to give clear-cut definition to Tofu items classified with soybean content (June 5, 2017)
The Japanese Tofu industry has begun to implement a campaign for establishing an accurate definition of Tofu items. The campaign has been led by the Regulation Drafting Committee on Tofu Fair Competition set up by a national organization of Tofu manufacturers in Japan. According to drafted definition on Tofu, items with the concentration of “solid soybean” more than 10 percent are to be classified into “Tofu,” while ones with 8-10 percent and ones with 6-8 percent are to be defined respectively as “prepared Tofu” and “processed Tofu.” These definitions will be authorized and announced at the end of March in 2019 after they are examined by the Japan Fair Trade … Continue reading
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【News】Sushi shops in landlocked Saitama Prefecture offer vegetable sushi (June 2, 2017)
Thirty sushi shops in Saitama Prefecture started offering vegetable sushi using only vegetables produced in the prefecture and no seafood. The sushi industry association in the prefecture took three years to develop the product ahead of the Rugby World Cup scheduled to be held in Japan in 2019 and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, targeting foreign visitors which are increasing in number, as well as vegetarians and health-conscious people. The association created a recipe book for sushi chefs in the prefecture and started handing it out in May. The book lists 40 recipes, including red and yellow bell pepper sushi with sweet soy sauce and sushi rolls filled with … Continue reading
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