Japan's food self-sufficiency rate recovers to 40%

Wednesday 06th August, 05:15 AM JST

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rajakumar at 06:15 AM JST - 6th August

Good.
LIBERTAS at 06:56 AM JST - 6th August

I feel better already!
some14some at 07:01 AM JST - 6th August

Now we need to import only 60% food supplies instead of 61%
lipscombe at 07:21 AM JST - 6th August

these statistics are meaningless
sammuraisteve at 07:42 AM JST - 6th August

I wonder what percentage it would be if rice weren't included.
borscht at 08:50 AM JST - 6th August

Tjrandom, Fear and protectionism.
serindipity at 09:22 AM JST - 6th August

I wonder if the extra 1% is made up of the chicken, eel and apples that were mislabeled as Japanese produce.
Altria at 09:29 AM JST - 6th August

Are you sure they didn't just relabel some extra stuff?
MeanRingo at 09:42 AM JST - 6th August

Serindipity and some14some... don't know if they corrected, but that is a 0.1 percent increase. Not a WHOLE percentage point. Which is why I'm only 0.1 percent interested in this non-stat at all. I mean really, how do they even calculate such a thing? What if some kids eat bugs or something? Does this increase include any cannibalistic acts? Just stupid.
jaybeeb at 10:13 AM JST - 6th August

This is good news. A small step in the right direction. With the increasing costs of transportation, I expect this this trend will continue.

TJrandom: If your idea if efficient farming is large scale agri-business, I'm sorry to say it's not sustainable. The inputs required for such methods are only going to increase in price right a along with transport costs.
Sarge at 02:55 PM JST - 6th August

"It is an encouraging sign"

What's the goal? 100% self-sufficiency? The higher the number, the more Japanese consumers are going to pay for their food.
ChimpsAhead at 02:58 PM JST - 6th August

Sarge- Great post.

0.1% increase is not much to boast about now , is it.
dennis0bauer at 04:28 PM JST - 6th August

only with soylent green will Japan reach 100% self suffiency!
as_the_crow_flies at 11:13 PM JST - 6th August

Can anyone tell me, apart from the meaningless statistics, what "40% self-sufficient" actually means? It's double-talk to me, like 40% honest, 40% home-made, 40% pesticide-free, 40% fresh... George Orwell would be feeling vindicated if he read Kyodo News stories, even though he wrote "1984" thinking of Stalinism, it seems like the J-Gov and all its branches have adopted double-speak and trot out garbage that is supposed to make everyone feel warm and woolly and not question the massive economic quagmire that Japan risks sinking itself into if it doesn't make some major changes, fast. Specially in rural Japan, where the fabric is crumbling before everyone's eyes.