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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is the government agency responsible for the fishing industry. The Japanese Fisheries Agency states that the Basic Fisheries Plan was developed by the Japanese government in 2007, and claims that the government is working to establish long-standing, strong fisheries and fishery practices by ...
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 ...
Today (as of 2005), 62% of Japanese "farmers" work part-time and rely primarily on non-farming jobs. 16% rely primarily on farming but are still part-time, and only 23% are full-time farmers. The overwhelming majority of those full-time farmers are people who retired from their second job and returned to their farmlands.
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 number of Japanese farm households and farm population has declined in recent decades, as has rice production. The decline came about because in 1969, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has asked farmers to reduce rice acreage; under the Staple Food Control Act of 1942 the Japanese government is formally in charge of all ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Fishing industry in Japan" ... Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan; J. Jūroku ...
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]
From 1950 to 1956, folklorist Tsuneichi Miyamoto conducted research on Tsushima's fishing industry, and after his death, History of Tsushima Fishery was published. In this book, dolphin fishing is mentioned throughout. [16] In 1951, NHK broadcast a 74-second clip of the pursuit of Short-finned pilot whales. At that time, 40 whales were captured.