Yutaka Arai, "Liberalization of Agricultural Trade and Food Security in Japan"

Yutaka Arai
Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency

Moderator: Christina L. Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University 

Co-sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; the Harvard Kennedy School Japan Caucus; Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network; and the Japan Society of Boston.

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Additional Resources
 

1. Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu, Betting on the Farm: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture. Cornell University Press, 2022.
2. Christina L. Davis, Food Fights over Free Trade: How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization. Princeton University Press, 2003.
3. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service. Report: "Japan Announces Measures to Strengthen Food Security." March 10, 2023.
4. Satsuki Kaneko, "Japan to Weigh Food Security Law in Face of Ukraine, Taiwan Risks." Nikkei Asia, April 29, 2023.