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【News】 Government’s guarantee to import U.S. rice: never make the same mistake again (Feb. 4, 2015)
Senior Staff Writer, Masaru Yamada In the ongoing negotiations for liberalization of farm products under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, the United States is asking Japan to set an annual tax-free import quota for American-grown rice for consumption as staple food. Two decades ago, Japan secretly agreed to guarantee a certain share of U.S. rice in the Japanese market. The decision forced Japan to post substantial losses in the agriculture ministry’s special account, which continue to impose a burden on farmers and the Japanese people. The government should never repeat the same mistake of bowing to U.S. pressure and accepting more import quotas. In fiscal 1995, Japan started importing … Continue reading
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【News】 White snow makes red chili peppers taste milder (Feb. 3, 2015)
Kotaro Yamada Members of Tecchiriko, a non-profitable organization based in Kagamino-cho, Okayama Prefecture, know how to make red hot chili peppers taste milder and smoother making use of nature: Leave them on the snow ground. The practice is called Yuki Sarashi. They use red peppers that are harvested the year before and pickled in salt. The peppers are spread over the snow of about 20 cm, and the snow will absorb the bitterness and excess saltines from the salt-pickled peppers and make them taste milder. A few days later, they collect the snow-rested red peppers and mix them with malted rice to start three-year fermentation process. Then the product … Continue reading
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【News】 95 percent of agricultural co-ops deny central union hinders free management: survey (Jan. 29, 2015)
As many as 95 percent of heads of primary agricultural co-operatives said they don’t think their freedom of management is hindered by the Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-Zenchu), according to a survey conducted by The Japan Agricultural News on primary JA heads nationwide. In the agricultural co-ops reform, the government is trying to dismantle JA-Zenchu, giving as a reason that its control on primary JAs is preventing individual co-ops from operating freely. But the result of the survey shows that primary JAs have totally opposite views, and they are likely to strongly resist reform which ignores their opinions. The Japan Agricultural News sent a questionnaire via fax to … Continue reading
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【News】 Old secret to tasty soba (Jan. 27, 2015)
Yamizo Soba Street Association (Tochigi Prefecture) In Yamizo area in Tochigi Prefecture, Yamizo Soba Street Association and buckwheat farmers are bringing back an old secret to make soba milder, sweeter and more flavorful. That is leaving unhulled buckwheat chilled in cold water in the basin of a waterfall in Nikko, also in Tochigi Prefecture. This winter, a total of 3.2 tons of unhulled buckwheat was put in the cold water to match the volume last year. The buchwheat will be left in the water for as long as one week. Soba made with the cold-washed buckwheat is called kanzarashi soba and served at local soba restaurants that are members of … Continue reading
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【News】 LDP lawmakers opposed to government’s proposals on agricultural co-op reform (Jan. 21, 2015)
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s project team held its first meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20, to discuss revision of the Agricultural Co-operative Society Law. Many of some 130 lawmakers with farming connections who attended the meeting expressed opposition to the government’s proposals, including letting outside accountants conduct audits of primary agricultural co-ops and restricting non-farmers’ use of JAs’ services. They also stressed the importance of reflecting farmers’ voices in the process of revision. The government plans to compile a bill to revise the law early next month, but it would be difficult for the parties concerned to reach a consensus on the issue. Lower House member Takamori Yoshikawa who … Continue reading
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