英文文献：Japan Agriculture Policy Review-《日本农业政策评论》
英文文献作者：Gilmour, Brad,Gurung, Rajendra Kumar
英文文献摘要：
Japan, with a population of about 125 million, is a major importer of agricultural products. Japan's mountainous topography limits the area available for farming, with a total cultivated land area of around 4.8 million hectares. Farm holdings are small, averaging just over 1.5 hectares. Japan has producer support levels among the highest in OECD, driven in part by food security concerns and memories of food shortages during World War II and its aftermath. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has used a combination of border measures, domestic policies including direct budgetary payments, regulation and mandated administrative processes to support domestic production. This policy note first provides an overview of the policies that Japan has traditionally used to support its agricultural sector. Following this, new policy developments that seem to signal a shift towards a more decoupled framework are described. Finally, some possible changes in the structure of Japanese agriculture resulting from demographic drivers are outlined.

拥有约1.25亿人口的日本是农产品的主要进口国。日本的山地地形限制了农业用地，日本的耕地总面积约为480万公顷。农场规模很小，平均只有1.5公顷。日本的生产者支持水平在经合组织(OECD)成员国中是最高的，部分原因是对食品安全的担忧，以及人们对二战及其后果期间食品短缺的记忆。农业、林业和渔业部(MAFF)综合运用了边境措施、国内政策(包括直接预算支付、管制和强制行政程序)来支持国内生产。本政策说明首先概述了日本传统上用于支持其农业部门的政策。在此之后，作者描述了一些新的政策动向，这些动向似乎表明，中国正在转向一种更加脱钩的框架。最后，提出了人口因素对日本农业结构可能产生的影响。