Rural America made the transition. In the long run, most of those small Japanese rice farms should adapt, too, because they just aren’t efficient enough. Japan would be smart to help them “transition” to areas (products) where they can compete with the world.
” small Japanese rice farms “
I’m talking rural folks who have reg. jobs but have a little farmland so grow rice to use for their families and sell the remainder . These farms account for the majority of “ rice farms “ in Japan .