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Some Japan farmers see trade pact jolt as only way to survival
Published Wed, Jul 29, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Tsuruoka, Japan
FAR from dreading the prospect of a Pacific trade deal that would open up Japanese markets to higher grain and meat imports, rice and pig farmer Kazushi Saito embraces it.
The 58-year-old, whose lush paddy fields in the Shonai plain overlook the Sea of Japan, is in the minority among farmers generally opposed to a pact being negotiated in Hawaii this week that could make selling their products harder.
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