News Japan Agriculture: Abe’s Unfinished Business: Japan’s Agriculture Reform
Abe Shinzo is often considered Japan’s most powerful prime minister. But he faced steep political opposition in one of his primary goals. Under the Abe administration, the power of the prime minister ...
News Japan Agriculture: Government registers ‘Japanese tea’ under brand protection system
The agriculture ministry aims to combat intellectual property infringement by imitation products amid a global boom in matcha.
News Japan Agriculture: The 2-Level Game in Japan’s Agriculture Trade Negotiations
Perhaps no country fits the description of Robert Putnam’s “two-level game” theory better than Japan. Putnam describes international negotiations as a bargaining process not only with the ...
News Japan Agriculture: Japan’s agriculture minister resigns after a rice gaffe causes political fallout
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...
News Japan Agriculture: Japan to diversify export destinations for agricultural, food products
The Japanese government confirmed Tuesday that it will seek to diversify export destinations for agricultural and food products to re ...
