Agriculture, forestry, and fishing form the primary sector of industry of the Japanese economy together with the Japanese mining industry. Together, they account for 1.3% of gross national product; on
Fields of Chiba prefecture
Grouse Mountain BC
Agriculture in Japan was an important component of the pre-war Japanese economy. Although Japan had only 16% of its land area under cultivation before the Pacific War, over 45% of households made a li
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan
…subsidized. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing dominated the Japanese economy until the 1940s, but thereafter declined into relative unimportance (see Agriculture in the Empire of Japan). In the late 19th century (Meiji period), these sectors had accounted for more than 80% of employment. Employment in agriculture declined in the prewar…
Ministry of Agriculture in Tokyo, pre-1923