OF LEGUMES AND LIBERALIZATION: JAPAN'S AGRICULTURAL LOBBY.

The article highlights efforts of the agriculture lobby in Japan to liberalize the country's agricultural sector. Topics discussed are advantages of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement, role of the agricultural lobby and organizations like the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and Zenchu in maintaining protection of the Japanese agricultural sector, role of Japan in international trade including its involvement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and effects of trade liberalization.