Japan: Japan Enacts Legislation to Support Green Food System Strategy

The Japanese Diet enacted new legislation, the “Act to Promote Environmental Burden Reduction Activities for Establishment of Environmentally Harmonized Food System,” to support adoption of Japan’s Green Food System Strategy by farmers, foresters, and fishermen. The Act emphasizes the importance of productivity improvement in environmentally harmonized food systems through technological development and logistical improvement. The Act calls for the development of certification and marketing systems to measure and communicate efforts to improve environmental outcomes throughout food systems.