Canon-Ifri Paper Series n°3, August 2011 "Special Farming Zones and Land-Use Planning for Reviving the Agricultural Industry"

Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) and the Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) are launching a series of policy papers presenting the analyses of CIGS senior researchers on how the triple disasters that hit the archipelago last March have impacted Japan's economic, environmental and energy policies as well as country's crisis management system. The third paper is written by Kazuhito YAMASHITA, CIGS Research Director, the title is "Special Farming Zones and Land-Use Planning for Reviving the Agricultural Industry".
This essay is a slightly modified version, the original version of which is contributed to the joint report with the Development Bank of Japan Inc. titled "Plans and issues for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake."