While food policies based on imports are no longer viable, the number of people working in the domestic agricultural sector continues to decline, making it necessary to establish a food production base as soon as possible.

The food self-sufficiency rate on a calorie basis is 38%.

The number of core agricultural workers has halved over the last 20 years.

The core agricultural workforce is aging.

Japan relies on foreign countries for seeds and fertilizer, which are essential for food production. If imports of seeds and fertilizer were to be cut off, Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate would be 9%.

Due to deregulation by the Japanese government, there are many cases where pesticides and growth hormones that are banned in Japan are used overseas and then imported.

While glyphosate was detected in bread made from imported wheat, glyphosate was not detected in bread made from domestically grown wheat.

The Japanese government has banned the labeling of products as “additive-free” or “genetically modified” in the name of “protecting consumers,” so consumers have lost their right to choose.

As of 2018, Japan has approved the most genetically modified organisms in the world.

The production of Shine Muscat grapes in China and South Korea has created momentum for revising the Seed and Seedlings Act, but there is no causal relationship that the seeds are being exported because farmers are harvesting them themselves.

The Director-General of the Livestock Production Bureau, who advised the Prime Minister’s Office on the revision of the Livestock Safety Law, has been dismissed.

How to get by in the event of an emergency is an issue that concerns every citizen, yet for most people it is something that doesn’t concern them.

“Soon there will be no farmers left in Japan. No one will be doing the fishing industry either. What will we do? Are you thinking about these issues as your own problems? Are you getting young people to think about them?” June 2022

“If there are no more farmers, there will be no food. If there are no more fishermen, all the fishing rights will be bought up by foreign companies again. In fact, they are about to be bought up right now. We will use our tax money to stop this. Is there any problem with that?” June 2022

“We need to ensure that taxes are properly circulated and that money flows into these three industries: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. If we don’t do this, these industries will collapse within 10 years because there will be no successors. We can’t let primary industries collapse.” July 2022

“The quality of the food Japanese people eat is so poor. Let’s raise our food standards to at least the same level as America and Europe. We just need to say that we won’t eat anything that Americans and Europeans don’t eat.” July 2022

“We are forced to buy a lot of food that cannot be eaten abroad, food that is full of chemicals, food that has been injected with hormones, food that has passed its expiration date. What will happen to the Japanese body if we eat such poor quality food? We will become sick.” July 2022