Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda held the second meeting of the Headquarters to Promote the Revival of the Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery Industries at the Diet building.

Discussion took place on the Basic Policy and Action Plan for the Revival of the Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery Industries in Japan, which was subsequently approved by the Headquarters.
Based on the discussion, the Prime Minister said, "The Basic Policy and Action Plan for the Revival of the Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery Industries in Japan was compiled thanks to enthusiastic discussion over a period of 11 months by the members of the Council for the Realization of the Revival of the Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery Industries, who were chosen from various sectors. This will provide the framework for new policy measures for agriculture, forestry and fisheries going forward.
This is truly an issue that we must tackle with all our strength through concerted efforts of the Government in order to realize both high-level economic partnerships with other countries and revitalization of agriculture.
In terms of the content, the Basic Policy and Action Plan includes the revitalization of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in the disaster-stricken regions as well as countermeasures for the nuclear disaster. Above all, this is intended to bolster the competitiveness of Japan's agricultural industry, increase expenditure for this sector, and revitalize regional communities in an intensive manner over the next five years.
I ask again for cooperation from the related ministers in order to steadily implement the content of the Basic Policy and Action Plan."