Japan’s reliance on food imports

With the exception of rice, the Japanese government is no longer able to feed the people, the recent decision to import 5000 tons of butter from Europe is a good example, and a great problem will be with the current oil crisis, prices will increase considerably. We are already noticing big price increases in the store and less cheaper Chinese foodstuffs available since the story of the poisoned Chinese dumplings at the beginning of the year.
When I lived in the Japan Alps, the next village Miasa, grows buckwheat and produces the most tasty soba noodle I have had in Japan.

the one guy says that it`s not japanese food it`s yoshoku. hate to `em but tempura is YOSHOKU. that`s right. it`s not japanese. got it from the portugese. noodles are also not a japanese invention. putting aside the fact that there have been so mislabeling scandals, i`ll take my chance with imported food.

japan is actually more dependent on foreign countries than what most people know. Go to japan and you’ll see more than half of their products are already chinese made. Clothes, shoes, daily necessities, toys and as pointed out by this, even food. That’s why Japan is trying to build better relationship with China now because japan knows how important china will be for their future.

The federal government must help the farmers in Japan to keep growing more crops in Japan. Example Tax break and low lending loans to farmers. Farmers are the most important people in any country.