Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest
Agriculture
- Promoting Responsible International Investment in Agriculture: Roundtable concurrent with the 64th United Nations General Assembly (September 2009)
- Japan's Food and Agricultural Cooperation in Africa
- The BSE Issue between Japan and the U.S.
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (May 2008)
- Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid (Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers) through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to the Republic of Uganda and Burkina Faso (March 2008)
- Grant Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers in the Palestinian territories, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia through the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) (July 2007)
- Japan's Initial Response to the Issuing of the Chairs' Texts on Draft Modalities of Agriculture and NAMA in the DDA (July 2007)
- Assistance to Farmers in the Southern Part of the Republic of Haiti Affected by Hurricane through the FAO's Project to Improve Food Self-sufficiency (February 2007)
- Assistance for United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security project "Support to ex-poppy farmers and poor vulnerable families in border areas" Project in Myanmar (January 2007)
- The Grant Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers: Dissemination of NERICA and Improved Rice Production Systems in Uganda (through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)) (February 2006)
- Assistance for "Establishing a Zone Free of the Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Problem in the Southern Rift Valley, Ethiopia, and Assisting Rural Communities in Agricultural and Livestock Development" Project (February 2006)
- Assistance for "Support to the Livelihood Rehabilitation for Conflict Affected People Engaged in Agriculture in North and East Sri-Lanka" Project (October 2005)
- Assistance for "Cassava multiplication, distribution and enhanced coordination of agricultural emergency operations in Rwenzori region of Western Uganda" Project (October 2005)
- Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for Supporting Poor Farmers in Ghana by the Dissemination of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) (October 2004)
- Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for supporting poor farmers in Sierra Leone by the dissemination of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) (October 2004)
- Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the resolution of the issue of safeguards for three agricultural products, including welsh onions (December 2001)
- Countermeasures of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (November 2001)
Fisheries
- Q&A on Whaling (July 2012)
- Harassment of Japanese Whale Research Vessels by an NGO Group (February 2009)
- Holding of the International Symposium "Recent Trend of the Management of Marine Living Resources: Possibility and Limitation of Ecosystem approaches" (March 2007)
- The 22nd Japan-Russia Joint Fishery Committee Meeting (March 2006)
- Symposium "Recent Trend of the Management of Marine Living Resources: Sustainable Use and Application of Precautionary Approach" (January 2006)
- Announcement for International Symposium on "Towards the Mutual Understanding between Sustainable Use and Protection of Marine Resources" (February 2004)
- The Management of Whales
- The Position of the Japanese Government on Research Whaling
- Management of Cetacean Resources
- What is the IWC ?
- Whale species and their management
- Minke whales are increasing
- Minke whale population in the Antarctic estimated at 760,000
- Japan's request for a catch of 50 minke whales in its coastal waters is justifiable
- Management of dolphins and porpoises
- Whaling Moratorium and Southern Ocean Sanctuary cause waste of resources
- Partial Chronology of Whaling
- Japan and the Management of Whales
- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- Center of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources (Fisheries Agency Website)
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador Yoshiyuki Motomura, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the General Assembly Meeting on Agenda Item 52 (a): Oceans and the Law of the Sea 52 (b): Sustainable Fisheries (November 2003)
- Statement by Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka on Fishing Operations by Fishing Boats of the Republic of Korea in Waters around the Four Northern Islands (August 2001)
Forest
- Japan's Financial Assistance in the Implementation of Projects through the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) (June 2008)
- The Second Round of the International Experts Meeting on Illegal Logging (March 2008)
- Opening remark by Mr. Osamu UNO, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the 43rd International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) (November 2007)
- Deposit of the Instrument of Acceptance of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 (August 2007)
- Japan's Financial Assistance through the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) (May 2007)
- International Experts Meeting on Illegal Logging "Possible Way Forward towards More Sustainable Forest Management" (March 2007) [PDF]
- Signing of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 (February 2007)
- The 35th International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) (November 2003)
- Asia Forest Partnership (AFP)
- Third Meeting for the Promotion of Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) (November 2003)
- Second Meeting for the Promotion of Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) (July 2003)
- First Meeting for the Promotion of Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) (November 2002)
- Preparatory Meeting on Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) (July 2002)
- Illegal Logging and the Trade in Illegally Logged Timber and Wood Products (June 2003)
- The 34th International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) (May 2003)
- The 33rd International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) (November 2002)
Other Resources
- World Summit on Food Security (November 16-18, 2009)
- "The lasting solution to food security" by H.E. Mr. Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan (July 2009)
- Keynote Address by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the International Symposium "Revisiting Food Security: Towards the Realization of a Global Partnership" (March 2009)
- Statement of H.E. Mr. Nobuhide Minorikawa, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the High Level Meeting on Food Security for All (January 2009)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Nobuhide Minorikawa, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the "Global Responsibility in Development Cooperation of Japan and Germany" Symposium (January 2009)
- Implementation of Food Aid (in Response to High Food Prices in the Developing Countries) (July 2008)
- Japan's Response to Rising Food Prices in developing countries (July 2008)
- Address by H.E. Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan on the Occasion of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (June 2008) [English] [French (PDF)] [Japanese]
- Decision on Emergency Food Aid in Response to Rising Food Prices (May 2008)
- Decision on Emergency Food Aid in Response to Rising Food Prices (April 2008)
- Dispatch of Letters from Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Rising Food Prices (April 2008)
- Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid (Food Aid) through the World Food Programme (WFP) for the Republic of Malawi (March 2008)
- Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid (Food Aid) to the Republic of Burundi through the World Food Programme (WFP) (February 2008)
- Assistance through the World Food Programme (WFP) to Cambodia, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Colombia (January 2008)
- Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid (Food Aid) through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for the Republic of the Sudan (December 2007)
- Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid (Food Aid) to 8 Countries Including Timor-Leste through WFP (World Food Programme) (December 2007)
- Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid (Food Aid) through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) (August 2007)
- Assistance through the World Food Programme (WFP) for Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation in Georgia (April 2007)
- Assistance through the World Food Programme (WFP) for Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable People in the Republic of Azerbaijan (April 2007)
- Assistance through the World Food Programme (WFP) for Senegalese (April 2007)
- Grant Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers in Sudan, Palestine, and Mozambique through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (March 2007)
- Food Aid through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) (March 2007)
- Food Aid through the World Food Programme (WFP) (February 2007)
- The Fourth Japan-WFP Policy Consultation (January 2007)
- Food Aid through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) (December 2006)
- Assistance for "Enhancing Food Security through Empowerment of Schools" Project in Zimbabwe (November 2006)
- Food Aid through the World Food Programme (WFP) (October 2006)
- Food Aid to African Countries through the World Food Programme (WFP) (August 2006)
- Food Aid through the World Food Programme (WFP) (March 2006)
- The Third Japan-WFP Annual Policy Consultation - Partnership for Human Security - (March 2006)
- The International Grains Council (IGC) Appointed Etsuo Kitahara, Vice-President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as the New Executive Director (January 2006)
- Special Guest Address at WFP Dublin Global Meeting Opening Ceremony "World Hunger? What's my dream to solve this problem?" (June 2004) [PDF]
- Remarks by Mr. Kenichi Mizuno, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at Round Table "World Food Summit: five years later" (June 2002)
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