TOKYO -- Japan will begin accepting skilled agricultural workers from abroad in three special economic zones to alleviate a labor shortage and improve productivity as native farmers retire.
Foreigners already pick crops and perform other jobs on Japanese farms under the auspices of a government-approved technical training program. But unlike those farm hands, applicants seeking to work in the special zones will need to have at least a year of agricultural experience.
During the Tokugawa era, farmers were viewed as the foundation of Japan and granted a social standing just below the samurai class. Yet the government made their lives oppressive and wretched. To keep farmers in the fields and away from urban centers, government forces severely restricted their ability to travel.
Japan is roughly the same size as the state of Montana and hosts a population of about 126 million people. In addition, much of Japan is mountainous and unsuitable for agriculture which means that in order to produce as much food locally as possible the country much practice extreme intensive farming.
Who can join the program "Farm work in Japan"? You need to be able to get a Working Holiday visa. You need you have Japanese language skills at conversational level to be able to understand job instructions. It is expected that you are seriously interested in and motivated to do the farm work.
Entering from the Korean Peninsula around 2,300 years ago, the Yayoi migration brought wet rice agriculture, weaving, and metalworking to Japan (Chard 1974). The effects of this new culture are first seen in Kyushu, and then spread northeastward.
The main products grown in urban Tokyo are vegetables (such as Japanese mustard spinach, cabbage, tomato, and broccoli), fruits (such as pear, kiwi, and persimmon), and cut flowers. Tokyo prefecture also contains diverse environments that range from the mountains of Okutama to the subtropical islands of Ogasawara.
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