“Wagyu Olympics” which judges the excellence of branded cattle from all over Japan took place.
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【News】 Japan’s Agricultural Ministry resumes rice import tenders under SBS system recording lowest sales price of U.S. rice (Dec. 17, 2016)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) resumed its rice import tenders for fiscal 2016 on December 16 under its Simultaneous Buy and Sell system (SBS), which were halted this October due to shady deals of imported rice with so-called “adjustment money” paid by trading firms to wholesalers in the country. At the state-controlled SBS auctions, sales prices of imported rice showed a downward trend. U.S. non-glutinous milled rice, medium grain, which occupied most of rice sold by biddings on December 16, was purchased by local wholesalers with the lowest price in the 150 yen range per kilogram, which is cheaper than that of domestically produced rice to be … Continue reading
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【News】 20,000 Usuki-Takeyoi bamboo lanterns light up small port town in Oita Prefecture (Nov. 13, 2016)
“Usuki-Takeyoi” is a bamboo lantern festival held in Usuki city, Oita Prefecture, which is one of the largest bamboo producers in Japan. On the 1st weekend of November every year, the main part of the Japanese castle city on the east coast of Oita Prefecture is filled with dreamy light of 20,000 bamboo lanterns. The lantern festival began in 1997 with the purpose of stimulating local economy and people’s interest in bamboo forest preservation. This year’s 20th festival was held on November 5 and 6, 2016, and brought 110,000 visitors in total in two days to the city with a population of 38,000. It took approximately two months for … Continue reading
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【News】 Japan’s Agriculture Ministry to set up new organization for boosting exports of farm and food products (Dec. 21, 2016)
Fifteen organizations, including agricultural cooperatives’ national federations, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the Japan Business Federation or KEIDANREN, concluded an agreement on closer cooperation in boosting exports of agricultural, forestry, fishery and food products for the first time at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo on December 20. The whole related industries plan to strengthen the ties of cooperation so as to promote sales of Japanese farm products and foods particularly in overseas markets. The fifteen organizations will have an inaugural meeting to launch a new institute for supporting the exports next March under MAFF’s auspices. The Japanese government has set forth a … Continue reading
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【News】Noh no IKEBANA: Improving presentation skill (1) Large arrangements for events (Nov. 4, 2016)
<”Noh no Ikebana” is an art of arranging agricultural products together with agricultural implements and other familiar instruments. It’s a type of Ikebana but mainly for farmers. The series “Noh no Ikebana” will show you how to best feature the materials and containers you choose, with the help of fans of this style of Ikebana nationwide.> “Noh no Ikebana” can vary in size and in ways that are presented depending on the venues. This time, I’d like to show you how we can bring out the best results for some particular occasions. The arrangements for events or spacious rooms look powerful and attractive when you use large agricultural implements or … Continue reading
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【Opinion】The globalization myth debunked (Dec. 6, 2016)
[By Hidehiro Kikuchi, President of the Japan Monetary and Financial Policy Research Institute] On June 23, the British voters who supported the nation leaving the European Union won in the referendum, and on Nov. 28, the world was shocked to see Republican candidate Donald Trump win in the U.S. presidential election. As a matter of fact, I was expecting both of the results. I won bets with many of my friends and they treated me to lunch. In both countries, which were the first to adopt globalization and neoliberalism – policies that only works for the rich – the state is weakened by ballooning debt and is divided because of … Continue reading
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