“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【Booklet】Trace the origin of cooperative in JAPAN （Jan 1, 2015） ＜Toyohiko Kagawa and Masayo Oba＞Build the prototype of the mutual aid / Medical mutual aid
Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960) was the person of “anyway, action”. At the age of 21, while studying as a Christian God student, he moved into the slums of Kobe city. While leading the labor movement in the Kansai region, he established consumption cooperatives in Osaka city and Kobe city. At first he started “movement of poverty relief”, and gradually he transfered the emphasis on “movement of poverty prevention”. When the Great Kanto Earthquake occured, he rushed to the site and provided soup kitchen for the next day. After the earthquake, he transferred his activities to Tokyo, and established consumption cooperatives and credit cooperatives in downtown and also fonded University Co-op. He … Continue reading
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【Booklet】Trace the origin of cooperative in JAPAN （Jan 1, 2015） ＜Mr. Yuichiro Nakagawa, Professor of Meiji University＞ Life defense and social contribution Anglo-Japanese comparison Top priority to trust with the local community
When considering the headwaters of the cooperative, it is difficult to compare Japan and Europe, especially Japan and UK. Because the era background is totally different. The Industrial Revolution, which began in around 1760 in UK, has promoted economic and social change. As a result, any farmers or any urban workers had to “work and live” as “wage workers”. Progress of the industrial revolution began to cause the wage problems and unemployment problem.Therefore workers established cooperatives to ensure the daily necessities such as groceries, and began the activities to protect their own life spontaneously. However, these cooperatives for “life-defense” could not produce network since they were spontaneous, ended in “isolated experiments”. … Continue reading
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【News】Rice paddy art boosts wagyu Olympics in Miyagi (July 17, 2016)
Ushi Masamune, a mascot character for the 11th National Competitive Exhibition of Wagyu, also known as the wagyu Olympics, has been created as a two-dimensional art on a rice field in the Semine district of the city of Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture. Local rice farmers created the cow mascot, named after a famous shogun from the region Date Masamune, on an 80-hectare field using white and purple plants of four rice varieties to promote the exhibition to be held in Miyagi next year. Some 100 local residents visited the field on Sunday, July 16, as the creators held a viewing event. The artwork can be seen in good shape until the … Continue reading
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【News】 “Health-oriented” beer garden serving locally-grown vegetables enjoys enormous popularity in Yokohama (July 20, 2016)
Outdoor beer gardens are now drawing attention of the industries concerned, when an extremely hot summer is expected to come to Japan. Takashimaya Yokohama Store, one of the most popular department stores in Kanagawa prefecture, opened its beer garden named “Farmers’ Beer Garden” on the roof floor this June for the first time during past 58 years since its foundation. In the beer garden opened at Nishi-ku of Yokohama city in the prefecture, farm products are playing not a supporting role, but a leading role, so as to differentiate the garden from the existing ones. The new beer garden is gaining popularity especially among health-oriented people. Ten kinds of vegetables … Continue reading
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【News】 Re-employed veteran workers support agricultural newcomers: JA Saku-Asama (July 18, 2016)
A farmer-support team of Saku-Asama Agricultural Cooperative (JA) in Nagano prefecture has achieved remarkable results in helping agricultural newcomers to settle in the JA’s territory. Members of the support team, veteran staff members who have been re-employed after retiring on reaching retirement age from the JA, maintain “face-to-face interactions” with member farmers including new entrants in farming. They work to support members’ farm managements by providing member farmers with advices based on their own experiences and local knowledge. The functions played by the three-member team are well working especially to support agricultural newcomers. The team members provide on-farm supports to the newcomers with information useful for settlement in a rural … Continue reading
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