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

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 23, 2023** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)**  



 

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 [Yutaka Arai](https://www.caa.go.jp/en/about_us/)  
Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency

 Moderator: [Christina L. Davis](https://scholar.harvard.edu/cldavis/home)  
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](https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501762130/betting-on-the-farm/#bookTabs=1)*. Cornell University Press, 2022.
2. Christina L. Davis, *[Food Fights over Free Trade: How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization.](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691122540/food-fights-over-free-trade)* Princeton University Press, 2003.
3. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service. Report: ["Japan Announces Measures to Strengthen Food Security."](https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Japan%20Announces%20Measures%20to%20Strengthen%20Food%20Security%20_Tokyo_Japan_JA2023-0013.pdf) March 10, 2023.
4. Satsuki Kaneko, ["Japan to Weigh Food Security Law in Face of Ukraine, Taiwan Risks."](https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-to-weigh-food-security-law-in-face-of-Ukraine-Taiwan-risks) *Nikkei Asia*, April 29, 2023.



 

 



 

 

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