Abstract
The Agricultural Land Act and the Act on Promotion of Improvement of Agricultural Management Foundation were revised in 2009 to allow corporate entry into the agriculture business through farmland leasing, with the aim of raising land use efficiency. A particular concern was whether local agricultural commissions would have difficulty enforcing the revised acts because of increased workload and the acts' overlapping systems. We surveyed agricultural commission members to determine the extent of such problems in actual practice. Committee members were found to have more work but no notable difficulties in enforcement. Several issues were identified that could cause future problems.
