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Feb 28, 2021 When Ayumi lost her part-time job at a restaurant last summer, she ended up relying on rice and prepackaged fare delivered once a month by a food bank to her college campus in Tokyo. “I cut my meals to once a day, in mid-afternoon,” the 22-year-old said. “Many friends were in the same boat they worked at eateries that were hit because of the coronavirus.” As job losses surge due to the pandemic, demand for food handouts has skyrocketed in Japan, prompting the government to release stockpiled rice to charities for the first time last May. Another expanded program started this month. ....
Japan farm officials punished for dining with bribery scandal executive Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Farm minister Kotaro Nogami apologizes during a news conference at the ministry on Thursday. | KYODO Kyodo Feb 26, 2021 The farm ministry punished six senior officials on Thursday, including its top bureaucrat, for accepting expensive meals with a former head of a major egg producer who has been indicted for bribery. The development could deal a further blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration, which is already under fire over a similar scandal involving other elite bureaucrats who were wined and dined by Suga’s eldest son and other businesspeople. ....
Sendai farmers post-tsunami struggles compounded by pandemic and policy Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Yoshiichi Miura (left), who heads a local farmers union, harvests leafy vegetables with fellow farmers in Sendai in September. | KAHOKU SHIMPO Kahoku Shimpo Feb 19, 2021 Nearly a decade has passed since the 2011 earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the coast of Sendai, and in that time the central government has developed state-run farm fields damaged by the disaster, with the number of farmers streamlined as well. The area appears to have recovered on the surface. But in reality, farmers are still coping with the aftereffects of the disaster, and now they are struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as well. ....
Agriculture, fishery and forestry exports in 2020 hit a record high for the eighth consecutive year, with household items such as eggs and rice seeing a bo ....
Top Japanese farm bureaucrat dined with indicted ex-head of egg firm Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Jiji Jan 19, 2021 The farm ministry’s top bureaucrat attended a dinner meeting with a former egg production company head who has been indicted on bribery charges, farm minister Kotaro Nogami revealed at a news conference Tuesday. Including the top bureaucrat, Masaaki Edamoto, vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, a total of seven senior ministry officials had two dinner meetings with Yoshiki Akita, former head of the company, Akita Foods, based in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. ....