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What do you think about young Japanese dispatched to farm and fish industries?

1. Japan has slashed tens of thousands of jobs held by young people working as temporary contractors.
2. Japan has a low birthrate and young people flock to cities leaving older people on farms.
3. Prime Minister Taro is paying expenses for 800 jobless people to go on 10-day trips to learn how to process and sell agricultural produce.
4. The program will expand to offer 50 people, year-long stays in farming and fishing villages.
5. The hope is some of the recruits will decide to stay and work the farm and fishing industries.
6. Farmers and fisherman have a difficult time persuading young people to stay in small towns.

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Many young Japanese, for their part, have shown a growing interest in farming as disillusionment rises over the grind of city jobs and layoffs. Agricultural job fairs have been swamped with hundreds of applicants; one in Osaka attracted 1,400 people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/business/global/16farmer.html

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 April 24, 2009 08:40 PM
Yes, this is a good idea. In the past, farming and fishing have been associated with the idea that these industries represent a Japan that was not new and innovative. Behind the times.
Recently, with advances in science such as GMO's and biofuels and ocean fish farming, there has been a renewed interest in farming and fishing. Now these areas are seen as places to enjoy a healthy work and life style rather than the robotic work styles of the average Japanese industrial worker.
The increase use of computerization in these industries has also helped to give them a more positive image.
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