Articles
-query word : Economics
February 27, 2009
The Agricultural Cooperatives and
Farming Reform in Japan (2)
The collusive triangle of Japan’s agricultural cooperatives, Diet members defending agricultural interests, and MAFF continues to grow tighter, as shown ...
February 23, 2009
Turning the Crisis into a Once-in-a-Century Opportunity
The current "once-in-a-century" economic crisis has provided us with the opportunity to reflect on the consequences of our rapidly moving ...
February 23, 2009
POLICY PROPOSAL: Japan's New Security Strategy: Multilayered and Cooperative Security Strategy
Amid dramatic changes in the security environment surrounding Japan since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Tokyo Foundation ...
January 20, 2009
The Agricultural Cooperatives and
Farming Reform in Japan (1)
For the past half century, Japan's powerful organization of agricultural cooperatives has used its tremendous political clout, backed by ...
January 20, 2009
Message from the Chairman:
The Tokyo Foundation's Work in 2009
Two years ago, the Tokyo Foundation undertook a sweeping overhaul of the structure and content of its programs. We conducted ...
January 29, 2009
The Issues in the Farmland System
Tracing the history of how Japan's farmland system has been administered back to 1952, when the Agricultural Land Law was ...
December 04, 2008
Let Corporations Play a Role in Reviving Japanese Agriculture
Japan’s farming population is declining as the current generation of farmers ages amid a dearth of potential successors. With more ...
February 23, 2009
The Pros and Cons of Japan's Rice Acreage-Reduction Policy
Food security cannot be achieved without farmland. Yet the policy of trimming rice production by reducing rice acreage, which aims ...
September 30, 2008
The Perilous Decline of Japanese Agriculture
Japan's food self-sufficiency ratio has dropped below 40%, and global food price rises are beginning to squeeze household finances. Recent ...
September 30, 2008
The Perilous Decline of Japanese Agriculture
Japan's food self-sufficiency ratio has dropped below 40%, and global food price rises are beginning to squeeze household finances. Recent ...
