Agriculture
Total Area: 377,915 km 2
Land Area: 364,485 km 2
Water Area: 13, 430 km 2
Climate description: Tropical in the South; Cool temperate in the North
Terrain description: Rugged and Mountainous
Arable Land Use: 11.7%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.8%
Irrigated Land: 25, 000 km 2
Total Renewable Water Resources: 430 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 90. 04 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: Domestic-20%; Industrial-18%; Agricultural-62%
Natural Hazards description: Volcanoes (Dormant or Active), at least 1500 seismic occurrences, tsunamis, typhoons
Environmental Current Issues: Air pollution from power plant causes acid rain, degrading water quality that threatens aquatic life, large consumer of fish and timber--depletion, nuclear disaster
Total Labor Force: 65. 87 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 2.9%
Agricultural Products description: vegetables, rice, fish, fruit, potatoes, taros, tams, sugar cane, tea, legumes, wheat
Land Area: 364,485 km 2
Water Area: 13, 430 km 2
Climate description: Tropical in the South; Cool temperate in the North
Terrain description: Rugged and Mountainous
Arable Land Use: 11.7%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.8%
Irrigated Land: 25, 000 km 2
Total Renewable Water Resources: 430 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 90. 04 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: Domestic-20%; Industrial-18%; Agricultural-62%
Natural Hazards description: Volcanoes (Dormant or Active), at least 1500 seismic occurrences, tsunamis, typhoons
Environmental Current Issues: Air pollution from power plant causes acid rain, degrading water quality that threatens aquatic life, large consumer of fish and timber--depletion, nuclear disaster
Total Labor Force: 65. 87 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 2.9%
Agricultural Products description: vegetables, rice, fish, fruit, potatoes, taros, tams, sugar cane, tea, legumes, wheat
Rice fields in Japan
http://www.k-international.com/blog/japanese-came-to-japan-with-agriculture-researchers-say/
http://www.k-international.com/blog/japanese-came-to-japan-with-agriculture-researchers-say/
$150 Dollar Watermelon grown from a square mold
http://thediplomat.com/2013/10/can-150-melons-boost-japans-post-tpp-agriculture-exports/_
http://thediplomat.com/2013/10/can-150-melons-boost-japans-post-tpp-agriculture-exports/_
Japanese Peanut Farm
http://holmes.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/09/29/japanese-peanut-buyers-tour-ford-farms/
http://holmes.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/09/29/japanese-peanut-buyers-tour-ford-farms/
Indoor Japanese Agricultural System
http://agritecture.com/post/46303174197/images-of-building-integrated-agriculture-in
http://agritecture.com/post/46303174197/images-of-building-integrated-agriculture-in
Japanese Tea Farm
http://www_.tealaden.com/teaweb/articles/japan_export.html
http://www_.tealaden.com/teaweb/articles/japan_export.html