Abstract
In 1992 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries framed New Policy emphasizing the upbringing of large scale farming, the development of sustainable agriculture and the improvement of rural infrastsucture.
Importance was also placed in the New Policy on regional Development here and there.
In this report the characteristics and expected impacts of the policy are summarized and the some dimensions of regional development and directions to be taken are outlined, namely, statues of the firms, relationships between land owership and land use, and so on. Finally some of research problems to be solved with focus on regional development are mentioned.
