Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan

Nicole L. Freiner is Associate Professor of Political Science at Bryant University, USA. She is the author of The Social and Gender Politics of Confucianism: Women and the Japanese State (2012).

• 1. Chapter One: Introduction: The Politics of Rice in Japan.- 2. Chapter Two: Rice in Japanese History and Cultural Tradition.- 3. Chapter Three: The Political Landscape: Recent Agricultural Policies and Rice Growers.- 4. Chapter Four: Global Orders of Trade: Pacific Partnership and International Agreements.- 5. Chapter Five: JA Zenchu: The role of the agricultural cooperative.- 6. Chapter Six: Citizen Consumers: Cultural Protection and Japan’s Food Movement.- 7. Chapter Seven: Food Security: The Role of Rice in Japan and Asia.- 8. Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Future Recommendations: The Loss of Japan’s Rice Growing Culture.