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Nov 6, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Yusaku Yoshikawa
During the regular Diet session in 2024, the Japanese government amended the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas for the first time. The Basic Law was promulgated in 1999 and is the so-called ‘constitution of agricultural policy’ in Japan. In light of increasing international political instability, the amendment made food security in Japan its core focus.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Richard Katz |Sujeev Shakya |Yusaku Yoshikawa |Uno Kakegawa
In April 2023, the Japanese government introduced a new policy offering 1 million yen (US$6770) per child to families who move out of greater Tokyo and relocate to rural areas of Japan, as part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Garden City Nation Project. The initiative is a response to Japan’s challenges with urbanisation in city centres and declining population and fertility rates as the country attempts to reverse its demographic decline.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Richard Katz |Ronald Tundang |Yusaku Yoshikawa |Naohiro Yashiro
Amid all the negative economic news about Japan — with its GDP in late 2023 no higher than in 2018 — there is good news. Powerful societal and technological changes are giving Japan its greatest opportunity in a generation for revival by resurrecting the entrepreneurial effervescence seen in Japan’s postwar economic miracle.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Yusaku Yoshikawa |Abhishek Sharma |Naohiro Yashiro |Chhay Lin Lim
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) play a significant role in Japan’s farming industry. They offer a wide range of services to members, ranging from marketing farm products to credit and mutual insurance packages. Japan’s agriculture industry is facing many challenges, including a rapid decline in the farming population and an increase in the price of agricultural materials.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
news.nestia.com | Yusaku Yoshikawa
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN CorporationJapan’s dairy farmers are facing a tough financial situation. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the number of dairy farmers in the country declined by 5.3 per cent —faster than the average rate of 4 per cent — over the past 10 years. Two major factors caused these difficulties: soaring production costs and cutbacks in milk production promoted by the Japanese government. ……
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Yusaku Yoshikawa |Allison Alexy |Ying-kit Chan |Kazimier Lim
15 September 2023Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN CorporationJapan’s dairy farmers are facing a tough financial situation. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the number of dairy farmers in the country declined by 5.3 per cent —faster than the average rate of 4 per cent — over the past 10 years. Two major factors caused these difficulties: soaring production costs and cutbacks in milk production promoted by the Japanese government.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
news.nestia.com | Yusaku Yoshikawa
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN CorporationIn April 2023, the Japanese government approved a new draft amendment to the Special Zones for the Structural Reform Act. The amendment allows corporations to own agricultural land nationally, based on requests from municipalities, and could be a first step to increasing agricultural productivity in Japan. Before the amendment was made, corporations could only own agricultural land in government-designated National Strategic Special Zones. ……
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Yusaku Yoshikawa |Shreya Sharma |Nick Mulder |Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN CorporationIn April 2023, the Japanese government approved a new draft amendment to the Special Zones for the Structural Reform Act. The amendment allows corporations to own agricultural land nationally, based on requests from municipalities, and could be a first step to increasing agricultural productivity in Japan. Before the amendment was made, corporations could only own agricultural land in government-designated National Strategic Special Zones.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
blogarama.com | Yusaku Yoshikawa
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN CorporationIn April 2023, the Japanese government approved a new draft amendment to the Special Zones for the Structural Reform Act. The amendment allows corporations to own Agricultural land nationally, based on requests from municipalities, and could be a first step to increasing agricultural productivity in Japan. Before the amendment was made, corporations could only own agricultural land in government-designated National Strategic Special Zones.
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Jun 3, 2023 | 
bangladeshpost.net | Yusaku Yoshikawa
In May 2023, an expert panel submitted a mid-term report to the Minister of Justice in Japan proposing to abolish the country’s Technical Intern Training Program (TITP). It is hoped the report will provide a starting point for Japan to change its conservative attitude toward foreign workers. Given Japan’s growing demand, the number of foreign workers hit a record high of 1.8 million people in 2022.
