Opis
Japan, renowned for its culinary excellence, faces a dilemma in its food supply chain.
With a rapidly aging farming population, shrinking domestic production, and decades of policies designed to limit supply and stabilise prices, the country remains heavily dependent on imported food. It imports 6 out of every 10 calories its people consume and has one of the lowest food self-sufficiency rates among OECD countries.
But with the weakening yen, food prices are soaring, leaving lower-income households facing food insecurity. Japan’s government says it wants to strengthen food security and raise self-sufficiency, yet decades of export-driven agricultural policy and supply controls have left the country vulnerable to current geopolitical shocks.
Can Japan solve its food dilemma?
00:00 Introduction
02:43 Japan imports more food than you think
04:33 One of lowest food self-sufficiency among developed nations
07:44 Japan’s aging farmers & abandoned farmland
12:05 Why rice got so expensive in Japan
15:15 Japan’s rice reduction policy & agricultural protectionism
21:44 Japanese produce: Quality over quantity
25:50 Japan’s seafood crisis & warming seas
35:13 Food prices become political
37:14 Fixing Japan’s inefficient farms
41:16 Attracting more young farmers?
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