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JAPAN'S AGRO-FOOD SECTOR Also by Albrecht Rothacher ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND JAPAN, 1959-81 Japan's Agro-Food Sector The Politics and Economics of Excess Protection Albrecht Rothacher Second Secretary, EC Delegation, Tokyo Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 978-1-349-10305-8 ISBN 978-1-349-10303-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-10303-4 © Dr Albrecht Rothacher 1989 Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1989 Alt rights reserved. For information, write: Scholarly and Reference Division, St. Martin's Press, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 First published in the United States of America in 1989 ISBN 978-0-312-01691-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rothacher, Albrecht. Japan's agro-food sector : the politics and economics of excess protection / by Albrecht Rothacher. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-312-01691-3 1. Agriculture and state-Japan. 2. Food industry and trade -Government policy-Japan. 3. Tariff on farm produce-Japan. 4. Free trade and protection-Free Trade. I. Title. HD2093.R681990 338.1 '0952---dc19 88-18640 CIP Für Christine Contents List of Tab/es viii List of Figures ix List of Abbreviations x Preface Xl Administrative Map of Japan Xll 1 Introduction: Analysing Japan's Agro-Food Sector 2 Agricultural Development until the Land Reform of 1946 6 3 Social and Economic Change in Japan's Post-War Agricuiture 24 4 Agricuitural Cooperatives: the Nokyo System 45 5 The Upstream and Downstream Industries 53 6 Distribution and Consumption 95 7 Farm Politics 108 8 Agricultural Markets and Product Policies 131 9 International Implications 161 10 The Future of Japan's Agro-Food Sector 185 Bibliography 204 Index 210 List of Tables 2.1 Agricultural production growth 9 2.2 Agricultural output composition 10 3.1 Farm household structure 24 3.2 Farmers' and workers' household incomes 28 4.1 Nokyo share in agricultural input distribution 49 5.1 Crop production costs 54 5.2 Livestock production costs 56 5.3 Cash costs for agricultural products, 1982 58 5.4 Livestock feed sources 61 5.5 Average rations for beef production, 1979 62 5.6 Formula and mixed feed use 63 5.7 Feed imports from the US, 1984 63 5.8 Keiretsu-affiliated agro-food corporations 66 5.9 Market share concentration 168 5.10 The food processing industry, 1981 72 5.11 Meat Production, Consumption and Imports, 1984 79 5.12 Processed meat consumption 79 5.13 The liquor market 84 5.14 Major listed silk processing companies 89 6,1 Annual food consumption per person 102 6.2 Turnover in the eating-out industry 105 7.1 List of political brands 112 7.2 Organization of MAFF 123 7.3 Rice price decisions 128 8.1 Subsidies received and taxes paid by farmers 133 8.2 Product polices and nominal rates of support 152 8.3 World food retail price comparison 156 9.1 Imported products 163 9.2 Supplier countries of AFF Products to Japan 166 9.3 Japan's agricultural exports 167 9.4 The BrocklYamamura agreement of April 1984 170 9.5 Whisky producer prices, retail prices, taxes and tariffs 173 10.1 Japanese grain LTAs 196 10.2 Support policies pursued 199 List of Figures 4.1 Structure of the Nokyo system 46 5.1 Mitsui and Mitsubishi subsidiaries and affiliates in the' agro-food business 67 8.1 Imported beef sales by the LIPC, 1982 147 8.2 Nominal rates of protection estimates 154 9.1 Development in Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry Imports 165 10.1 Causes and effects of excess protection 201 List of Abbreviations AFF Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Minsanto) EPA Economic Planning Agency FY Fiscal Year GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GSP Generalized System of Preferences HFCS High Fructose Corn Syrup IQ Import Quota IWC International Whaling Council JCP Japan Communist Party (Kyosanto) JETRO Japan External Trade Organization JSP Japan Socialist Party (Shakaito) JTS Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation JTI Japan Tobacco Incorporated (private) LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Jiminto) LIPC Livestock Industry Promotion Corporation LTA Long-Term Agreement MAF(F) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry (and Fisheries) (Norin sho) MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Tsusancho) MNC Multinational Corporation MOF Ministry of Finance (Okurasho) MP Member of Parliament MTN Multilateral Trade Negotiations NLC New Liberal Club NTB Non-Tariff Barrier OE CD Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation PARC Political Affairs Research Council PMO Prime Minister's Office POS Point of Sales SCAP Supreme Commander Allied Powers SMP Skim Milk Powder STR Special Trade Representative TDN Total Digestive Nutrients USDA US Department of Agriculture

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This book describes the profound structural change in Japan's agriculture from its politically marginalized, economically fragmented, traditional labour-intensive postwar mode of production to its current dual modern shape of a highly capitalized, politically organized and protected sector.
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JAPAN'S AGRO-FOOD SECTOR Also by Albrecht Rothacher ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND JAPAN, 1959-81 Japan's Agro-Food Sector The Politics and Economics of Excess Protection Albrecht Rothacher Second Secretary, EC Delegation, Tokyo Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 978-1-349-10305-8 ISBN 978-1-349-10303-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-10303-4 © Dr Albrecht Rothacher 1989 Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1989 Alt rights reserved. For information, write: Scholarly and Reference Division, St. Martin's Press, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 First published in the United States of America in 1989 ISBN 978-0-312-01691-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rothacher, Albrecht. Japan's agro-food sector : the politics and economics of excess protection / by Albrecht Rothacher. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-312-01691-3 1. Agriculture and state-Japan. 2. Food industry and trade -Government policy-Japan. 3. Tariff on farm produce-Japan. 4. Free trade and protection-Free Trade. I. Title. HD2093.R681990 338.1 '0952---dc19 88-18640 CIP Für Christine Contents List of Tab/es viii List of Figures ix List of Abbreviations x Preface Xl Administrative Map of Japan Xll 1 Introduction: Analysing Japan's Agro-Food Sector 2 Agricultural Development until the Land Reform of 1946 6 3 Social and Economic Change in Japan's Post-War Agricuiture 24 4 Agricuitural Cooperatives: the Nokyo System 45 5 The Upstream and Downstream Industries 53 6 Distribution and Consumption 95 7 Farm Politics 108 8 Agricultural Markets and Product Policies 131 9 International Implications 161 10 The Future of Japan's Agro-Food Sector 185 Bibliography 204 Index 210 List of Tables 2.1 Agricultural production growth 9 2.2 Agricultural output composition 10 3.1 Farm household structure 24 3.2 Farmers' and workers' household incomes 28 4.1 Nokyo share in agricultural input distribution 49 5.1 Crop production costs 54 5.2 Livestock production costs 56 5.3 Cash costs for agricultural products, 1982 58 5.4 Livestock feed sources 61 5.5 Average rations for beef production, 1979 62 5.6 Formula and mixed feed use 63 5.7 Feed imports from the US, 1984 63 5.8 Keiretsu-affiliated agro-food corporations 66 5.9 Market share concentration 168 5.10 The food processing industry, 1981 72 5.11 Meat Production, Consumption and Imports, 1984 79 5.12 Processed meat consumption 79 5.13 The liquor market 84 5.14 Major listed silk processing companies 89 6,1 Annual food consumption per person 102 6.2 Turnover in the eating-out industry 105 7.1 List of political brands 112 7.2 Organization of MAFF 123 7.3 Rice price decisions 128 8.1 Subsidies received and taxes paid by farmers 133 8.2 Product polices and nominal rates of support 152 8.3 World food retail price comparison 156 9.1 Imported products 163 9.2 Supplier countries of AFF Products to Japan 166 9.3 Japan's agricultural exports 167 9.4 The BrocklYamamura agreement of April 1984 170 9.5 Whisky producer prices, retail prices, taxes and tariffs 173 10.1 Japanese grain LTAs 196 10.2 Support policies pursued 199 List of Figures 4.1 Structure of the Nokyo system 46 5.1 Mitsui and Mitsubishi subsidiaries and affiliates in the' agro-food business 67 8.1 Imported beef sales by the LIPC, 1982 147 8.2 Nominal rates of protection estimates 154 9.1 Development in Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry Imports 165 10.1 Causes and effects of excess protection 201 List of Abbreviations AFF Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Minsanto) EPA Economic Planning Agency FY Fiscal Year GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GSP Generalized System of Preferences HFCS High Fructose Corn Syrup IQ Import Quota IWC International Whaling Council JCP Japan Communist Party (Kyosanto) JETRO Japan External Trade Organization JSP Japan Socialist Party (Shakaito) JTS Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation JTI Japan Tobacco Incorporated (private) LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Jiminto) LIPC Livestock Industry Promotion Corporation LTA Long-Term Agreement MAF(F) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry (and Fisheries) (Norin sho) MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Tsusancho) MNC Multinational Corporation MOF Ministry of Finance (Okurasho) MP Member of Parliament MTN Multilateral Trade Negotiations NLC New Liberal Club NTB Non-Tariff Barrier OE CD Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation PARC Political Affairs Research Council PMO Prime Minister's Office POS Point of Sales SCAP Supreme Commander Allied Powers SMP Skim Milk Powder STR Special Trade Representative TDN Total Digestive Nutrients USDA US Department of Agriculture

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This book describes the profound structural change in Japan's agriculture from its politically marginalized, economically fragmented, traditional labour-intensive postwar mode of production to its current dual modern shape of a highly capitalized, politically organized and protected sector.
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