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【Editorial】 Candidates of the coming Upper House election should listen to the voices of farmers (July 5, 2013)
17-day official campaigning for the Upper House election scheduled on Sunday, July 21, got under way on Thursday, July 4. This will be the first national election for farmers and rural communities to thrust their concerns to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration which announced that Japan will join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. Japan is expected to enter the TPP negotiations on Tuesday, July 23, right after the election. Also after the election, the government’s Regulatory Reform Council will set on discussing in detail reforms on agricultural regulations. In that sense, the results of the election will have a big influence on the future of Japan’s agriculture. We should … Continue reading
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【News】 Check out desserts made from summer vegetables and enjoy the taste of the season (July 4, 2013)
Desserts using cucumbers, asparagus, tomatoes and watermelons are gaining popularity at a farmers’ shop in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Tanabata, a patisserie of the farmers’ shop run by an agricultural cooperative in Sendai (JA Sendai), offers vegetable-inspired desserts produced under the supervision of Tokyo-based Potager, which is said to be the first shop in the world to specialize in vegetable desserts. 300-yen Cucumber Jelly, a jelly made from cucumbers and grapefruits placed on top of yogurt mousse, offers a refreshing aftertaste. Enjoy the texture of asparagus in 350-yen Asparagus Cheese Tart. Bright-colored, 250-yen Tomato and Watermelon Pudding is pleasant to the eye. The three desserts are available only in the … Continue reading
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【News】 Anti-TPP lawyers rise up to address concerns over investor-state dispute resolution (July 4, 2013)
A group of lawyers working in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya said they will set up an organization this month to analyze and address the dangers of investor-state dispute resolution (ISDR) mechanism which is currently negotiated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. The group plans to invite lawyers nationwide and hopes that several hundreds of them will recognize the threat of TPP to the national sovereignty and join the network to take action against it. Hajime Kawaguchi, a lawyer in Nagoya and vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations’ committee on the constitution, is working with Yukio Sugishima, a lawyer in Osaka, and Koji Iwatsuki, a lawyer in … Continue reading
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【News】 Political parties come up with campaign pledges for the upcoming election, focusing on increasing farmers’ income as key agricultural policies; four parties are opposed to Japan’s entry in to TPP (July 3, 2013)
The Liberal Democratic Party placed top priority on its 10-year plan to double farmers’ income, while the Democratic Party of Japan pledged to legislate the individual-household income compensation system, according to a survey conducted by the Japan Agricultural News on nine major political parties prior to the Upper House elections scheduled on Sunday, July 21. The survey asked the parties to list three top priority agricultural policies, and four out of nine major political parties – the People’s Life Party, the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Green Wind party – expressed strong opposition to Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, while the other … Continue reading
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【News】 JA Sendai sets on revitalizing use of farmlands in the coastal region hit by 2011 tsunami (July 2, 2013)
SENDAI, Miyagi Prefecture – An agricultural cooperative in Sendai (JA Sendai) will implement a plan to facilitate the use of farmlands damaged by the March 2011 tsunami by consolidating them and acting as a go-between for farmland owners to lend them to different types of farmers, JA Sendai officials said. JA Sendai hopes to coordinate farmland use so that the land can be used efficiently by large-scale farmers, part-time farmers, small family farmers and self-sufficient farmers, as well as being managed as corporate farms, community farms and allotment gardens, they said. In the coastal region of Sendai city, 1,800 hectares of farmland – 1,600 hectares of which are rice … Continue reading
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