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Development of agricultural output of Japan in 2015 US$ since 1961 Fields of Chiba prefecture Rice fields. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing (Japanese: 農林水産, nōrinsuisan) form the primary sector of industry of the Japanese economy together with the Japanese mining industry, but together they account for only 1.3% of gross national product.
Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives his cattle in order to stretch his money further as a plunging yen drives up the cost of imported corn used in ...
This list is of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (世界農業遺産, Sekai nōgyō isan) (), as designated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [1] [2] and Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (日本農業遺産, Nihon nōgyō isan) (JNIAHS), [3] as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), [4] in Japan.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省, Nōrin-suisan-shō) is a cabinet level ministry in the government of Japan responsible for oversight of the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries. Its acronym is MAFF. The current Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is Taku Etō. [1]
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The Zenchu circulates factbooks concerning food and agriculture in Japan, specifically, problems relating to food and food supply. It also publishes monthly the Gekkan JA. The 2007 July issue focused on the international aid activities which the cooperatives undertake. JA (short for Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) is another common name for Nokyo.
The extermination of cetaceans by drive fishing was said to have had some effect. Fishing for the purpose of vermin control on Iki Island was scaled down after 1986 due to a decrease in the number of dolphins migrating. [76] Dolphin fishing on Iki Island was condemned by many parts of the world after a video of the capture was released in 1978.
The magazine named Seiyo-Zasshi (meaning Western Magazine in English) was established and published until September 1869 by Shunzo Yanagawa, a Japanese scholar. [1] In 1940 there were nearly 3,000 magazines in the country. [2] Following World War II the number of magazines significantly increased. [3] At the end of 2011 there were 3,376 ...