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In the Land of the Rising Sun

Posted: 02 Aug 10 | IT appeared Chinese whispers had infiltrated the greater Asian region after expats living in Tokyo told me they’d heard (through the Japanese kiwifruit vines) John Key’s Government was going to stop foreigners buying land in New Zealand. | CommentsComments (1)
Posted: 22 Jul 10 | I HAVE never been so certain New Zealand was just one big farm than when we were taken to Japan's winter Olympic stadium, so we could look down on Hokkaido, the agricultural capital of Japan. No paddock land stood out from the massive sprawling metropolis. | CommentsComments (0)
Posted: 13 Jul 10 | When one of the delegates asked the deputy director of agricultural policy in the international economic affairs division Japan, whether the heavy subsidies given to the farmers stopped them from driving productivity and profitability – the differences in agri-culture became strikingly apparent. | CommentsComments (1)
Posted: 09 Jul 10 | GOING to Tokyo to learn about agriculture appeared as strange as going to Russia to learn Samoan. I was not alone in this sentiment, as 50 young rural leaders gathered at the Mecure hotel in Auckland . . . | CommentsComments (0)
In the Land of the Rising Sun
Straight Furrow reporter Rachael Breckon is in the Land of the Rising Sun at the invitation of Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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