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【News】 Japanese Government decides to increase annual import of butter up to 13,000 tons in fiscal 2017 under a new import system (Jan. 28, 2017)
Japan’s state-trade system of butter and skimmed milk imports will be revised in fiscal 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced on January 27. In past years, MAFF made a decision three times in a year on how much Japan should import butter and other dairy products on the basis of the latest figures of demand and supply. This existing import system will be replaced by a new program in fiscal year 2017, under which MAFF makes a decision once a year in principle on a bulk quantity of annual imports of dairy products by estimating import requirements on the basis of past records on demand and … Continue reading
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【News】The cobalt blue pond that stops the time (Jan. 1, 2017)
It’s about 40 minutes’ drive from Asahikawa Airport. The blue pond lies down in absolute silence in the remote forest in Biei town, Hokkaido. In winter, after the sunset, the pond and the larch and Japanese white birch trees coming out of its frozen, snow-covered surface are showered by surreal blue and white illumination. The pond was built in 1989 by Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau as part of an erosion control system to stop mud flow into the town of Biei in case of an eruption of nearby Mount Tokachidake. This mysterious landscape suddenly became famous among international travelers after this cobalt blue pond was featured in one of the … Continue reading
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【News】 ZEN-NOH’s Self-Reform Headquarters set up to accelerate a boost in farmers’ agricultural income (Jan. 27, 2017)
ZEN-NOH (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations) or a national business organization of agricultural cooperatives (JAs) made an announcement on January 26 that it set up ZEN-NOH Self-Reform Promotion Headquarters at its head office in Tokyo. Within the Headquarters, ZEN-NOH has organized four Project Teams; Crop Farming Business Team, Livestock Production Business Team, Consumer Goods Supply Business Team, and Administration Department Team. Each of the project teams will be engaged respectively in working out a concrete strategy for business operations as well as putting it into practice so as to achieve a common purpose of boosting agricultural incomes of JA’s member farmers. To ensure that fruitful results of the purpose … Continue reading
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【News】 Shinzo Abe’s administration to replace its current TPP Governmental Headquarters with new inter-ministerial organization for trade negotiations (Jan. 26, 2017)
Koichi Hagiuda, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese Government, told the press on January 25 that the Government plans to set up a new inter-ministerial organization by modifying the current system of the Governmental Headquarters for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying “Japan has completed domestic procedures for the TPP. We have to take various measures to promote other networks for free trade.” The cross-ministerial agency will take charge of major trade negotiations during years to come, including ongoing talks with the European Union (EU) to conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as early as possible. It is also supposed that an establishment of the new organization will aim at … Continue reading
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【News】 “Safety and Security” regarded as 2017 keywords for farm product sales by distributors in Japan (Jan. 26, 2017)
“Safety and security” ranked the first for two straight years among 2017 marketing keywords recommended by distributors in Japan, the Japan Agricultural News revealed on January 25 in a report on its latest survey of 2017 marketing transactions of agricultural and livestock products. A number of fruits and vegetables wholesalers particularly in the Kanto Region made a forecast that imports of farm products will increase due to unfavorable weather condition in 2017, which seems to be one of factors bringing about the result of the survey. With regard to imports of farm products, however, 58 percent of polled distributors responded to the survey by saying “planning to maintain the status … Continue reading
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