"Agriculture today accounts for just 3.6 percent of employment in Japan and it contributes only about 0.8 percent to gross domestic product. Gross agricultural output in 2009 was about $81 billion, which is about 40 percent of Toyota's sales.."
Source: Kan ducks the rice problem
By KEVIN RAFFERTY
The Japan Times
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20101117a2.html
October 24, 2011
Japanese customers see agricultures share of the economy declining as nation ages
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