Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 11th meeting of the Headquarters on Creating Dynamism through Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Industries and Local Communities at the Prime Minister's Office.

During the meeting, a "plan to create vitality for the industry and regional communities" was established.

Based on the establishment of the plan, the Prime Minister said,

"Today, the Abe Cabinet has compiled a "plan to create vitality for the industry and regional communities" as a grand design for the reform of agricultural policies.
The Abe Cabinet is determined to make an all-out effort to turn the agriculture, forestry and fishery industries into attractive industries for young people and, simultaneously, protect Japan's rural areas and furusato (hometowns).
To that end, we shall aim to double the incomes of the agricultural industry and agricultural areas in a decade, expand new demand through the promotion of exports, increase added value through the promotion of sixth industrialization, advance an increase in productivity through farmland consolidation, and review the system of production adjustment which has existed for more than 40 years.
I intend to take steady steps to implement the policies of this plan and realize a major reform of the Abe Cabinet's agricultural policies.
We will move to swiftly implement policies at every place of production. At the same time, I want to exert every effort for further necessary reforms, building on the debates in the Industrial Competitiveness Council and Regulatory Reform Council as well as the opinions of producers.
I request that the relevant ministers work to ensure that the outcomes of this agricultural policy reform can be felt by those in the agriculture, forestry and fishery industries of course, as well as everyone else in Japan."