With the policy being active, non-stop, for 60 years (as opposed to temporary incentives to buoy farmers during a bad year) it's clearly politicking. Especially

With the policy being active, non-stop, for 60 years (as opposed to temporary incentives to buoy farmers during a bad year) it's clearly politicking. Especially given the sleight-of-hand from the Abe administration (as mentioned in the article) where they claimed to kill the subsidy but actually only killed its limitations. In short - not sure why you've been downvoted.