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【News】 TPP participants have effectively reached agreements on nearly half of the fields on the negotiating table, leaving Japan with a narrow window in its debut round (June 25, 2013)
Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry, which will host the forthcoming round of negotiations under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks scheduled in July, announced Thursday, June 20, that in 14 out of 29 chapters of the agreement, “negotiations on technical and less contentious issues are considered substantially closed.” The 14 chapters do not include key areas such as market access and tariffs, but the announcement indicates that Japan, which is expected to join the talks in the later part of the round of negotiations in Malaysia, is getting less chance to have its say as the final stages draw near. In the TPP initiative, 21 working groups are … Continue reading
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【News】 Fukushima’s cattle breeding cooperatives federation decides to break up on the backdrop of decreasing number of member farms and cattle (June 22, 2013)
The federation of cattle breeders’ cooperative associations in Fukushima decided on disbanding the organization in a general meeting held in Fukushima on Friday, June 21, as its member cooperative associations dissolved one after another after the accident of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in 2011. “Why do we have to be the ones to break up our organization which has a long history?” said Ichio Watanabe, president of Ishikawa district’s cattle breeding cooperative association who heads the federation. “If only there hadn’t been the nuclear power plant,” Watanabe said, expressing deep regret and anger. The federation was established in July 1965 as a federation of cooperative associations for … Continue reading
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【News】 New food labeling law is passed to consolidate Japan’s food labeling regulations (June 22, 2013)
The Upper House passed a new food labeling bill on Friday, June 21, to unify overlapping regulations on the safety and quality of food products in Japan and make food labeling easier to understand. Although the new law will not substantially change the scope of food labeling requirements, it will provide stricter administrative orders and sanctions for violating the law. The new labeling rules are expected to be introduced in April 2015 at the earliest. Currently, food labeling requirements are determined by three laws – the Food Sanitation Act, the JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) Law and the Health Promotion Act – but the laws have caused confusion for consumers, … Continue reading
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【News】 The first longicorn beetle in Japan confirmed in Aichi, damaging cherry and Japanese apricot trees (June 21, 2013)
The Aichi Agricultural Research Center reported by Thursday, June 20, that it confirmed inhabitation of Aromia bungii, a species of longicorn beetle which gives damage to cherry and ume (Japanese apricot) trees, in Ama district in the western part of Aichi Prefecture for the first time in Japan. The center is calling for catching and killing of the beetles if found, since no pesticide labels are approved to exterminate them. According to the center’s pest control division, an adult insect was captured in July 2012, and Nagoya Plant Protection Station has confirmed it as the longicorn beetle. 15 cherry and ume trees near the location where the insect was captured … Continue reading
【News】 LDP’s campaign platform for the July election stresses doubling agricultural income (June 21, 2013)
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party unveiled on Thursday, June 20, a campaign platform for the Upper House election expected in July, putting forth its 10-year strategy to double farmers’ incomes, with ambitious goals of doubling the number of beginning farmers and facilitating farmland consolidation so that within 10 years, 80% of agricultural land will be cultivated by locally certified farmers who serve as the backbone of farming communities. Currently, such farmers manage only 49% of farmlands, and the rest is operated by small-scale farmers, many of them aging and retiring, leading to an increase in abandoned farmlands. Concerning the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks which Japan is expected to join … Continue reading
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