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> OK, pass a law stating certain areas of farmland cannot be converted to any other use. Japan already has such laws. They simply circumvent them and build mor
by Safety1stClyde 10y ago
> OK, pass a law stating certain areas of farmland cannot be converted to any other use.
Japan already has such laws. They simply circumvent them and build more and more seven-elevens on agricultural land.
- emodendroket 10y agoHow is corporate ownership going to solve that problem? If anything I think it'd worsen it because a large corporate holder is going to be far more adept at skirting the regulations.
- Safety1stClyde 10y agoI haven't advocated corporate ownership, however what hkmurakami describes is an extremely accurate picture of the rural Japanese situation.