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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the 22nd meeting of the Headquarters on Creating Dynamism in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Industries and Local Communities at the Prime Minister's Office.

During the meeting, there was an explanation on the results of deliberation about agriculture, forestry and fishery policy reform, and the Revision of the Plan for Creating Dynamism in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Industries and Local Communities was approved.

Following the approval, the Prime Minister said,
 
“Today we revised the Plan for Creating Dynamism in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Industries and Local Communities. Following the agriculture industry reforms, this plan cements the draft of fundamental reforms for the forestry industry, and clarifies the direction for fishery industry reforms.

We will turn the forestry industry into a growth industry while appropriately managing forestry resources. To that end, we will establish a forest bank that will gather and allocate forest management initiatives to ambitious forestry business operators.

We must strike a balance between the appropriate management of fisheries resources and efforts to make the fisheries industry into a growth industry. Based on the direction for fisheries industry reforms that was approved today, I want this Headquarters to aim to compile a draft plan for fundamental reforms that is not constrained by conventional thinking, by next summer.

Furthermore, we must continue to advance agricultural policy reforms, such as reforms on the structure of food distribution channels, including wholesale markets, without letting up.

We will submit the relevant bills to the next ordinary session of the Diet based on the Plan for Creating Dynamism that was revised today. We will work steadily for the realization of policy reforms.

The Abe Cabinet will expand reform efforts across the entirety of the agriculture, forestry and fishery industries, and launch a new era for these industries, whereby young people can work in them with dreams and hopes for their future. I would like all relevant parties to make an even greater effort to achieve this.”