Amid rising rice costs, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi has stirred debate by floating the concept of emergency rice imports. This isn’t his first confrontation with Japan’s highly effective agricultural cooperatives. Nearly a decade in the past, Koizumi tried main reforms of JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives), solely to face fierce resistance from entrenched pursuits throughout the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). (News On Japan)
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The Real Battle Behind Rice Reform: Revisiting Koizumi’s JA Clash Nine Years On
