MACRO REVIEW

Preface

Greeting Massage to the Special Edition“ 3F(Food, Fuel, Finance)”

Yoshitaka NITTA

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 1
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.1

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Research Paper

A Study on Food Safety Approach with Reference to Japan, USA, EU, and China

Yuuko AKIYOSHI, Takako MASHIKO

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 3-11
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.3

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This paper surveys the basic system of food safety and certain perspectives of it in Japan,the USA, the EU, and China since the outbreaks of BSE and bird-influenza, as well as discoveries of various kinds of food found to be hazardous to human health throughout the world. The fundamental aspect regarding the securing of food safety is the introduction of a method of crisis analysis that covers the entire breadth of the food chain, “from Farm to Folk. ”
Some cases emphasize the importance of establishment of the Food Safety Commission. Due to the overall complexities and difficulties of discovery concerning food safety, some cases introduce the Precautionary Principle.Yet another case study emphasizes the importance of Food Education as a social tool with which to raise awareness of the importance of food safety This study calls for the restructuring of the entire social model, entailing a change of consciousness and recognition that would facilitate the construction of a new social model based on food safty.

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Critiques

Ocean Development from the Viewpoints of Environment, Energy, Food and Sewage Treatment

Kazuo YANAGISHITA

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 13-17
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.13

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Japan is an island country and surrounded by seas. Therefore, Japanese can utilize the ocean to solve big problems such as environment, energy, food and sewage treatment.

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Report

Causes of Variations of Foreign Currency Exchange Rates Unfavorable to Stakeholders on Food Trade into Japan

Shinya KAKUTA

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 19-24
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.19

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The food-sufficiency rate minimizing total costs and maximizing the food-reserve rate depends significantly on difference between domestic and foreign costs. The origin of the cost difference is an economic-geographic problem. The cost difference varies with foreign exchange rates. Stakeholders on food importation into Japan prefer larger difference between Japanese and foreign production costs. Thus, they prefer stronger yen. Unfavorable to them, however, yen could be weaker, unless Japan became an abroad investing state or exported products unable to be made out of Japan with international competitiveness.

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Research Notes

Food Self-sufficiency Rate Derived from Maximized Reserve Rate with Total Cost Minimized in a 2-State Model

Shinya KAKUTA

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 25-28
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.25

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Under simplification that self-sufficiency rate of a certain product is linearly related to its domestic stock time (excluding regular reserves) after its import in a 2-state model, I maximize regular -reserve rate under the restriction of minimizing total cost including production, vending, storage, and trading costs to obtain a desired self-sufficiency rate.

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Study on the Success Factor for Project Success -Through Sport Event Project of Kawasaki City

Yasunaga TAKACHIHO

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 29-39
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.29

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Major project has great influence both country and community. So the major projects usually done successfully due to its attraction and bigness. Nevertheless, some major projects decided as failed projects after policy evaluation conducted by national government after 2001.
In this issue, we reviewed advanced studies and evaluated Kawasaki City's sport event project to find some additional success factors. Consequently, we find new success factor as “pay more attention for knowledge dissemination”and “make more stakeholders and supporter”through IT advertisement.

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Tense and Subject of Grammar for Translator -Civilization & Language-

Takashi MIYAMOTO

2009 Volume 22 Issue 1 Pages 41-49
Published: 2009
Released on J-STAGE: January 28, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.41

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Civilization is come from the language. The animals which have no language have no civilization. The technique is the most important factor to produce the civilization. Then, the technical English for automatic translator is studied. There is the past tense which is composed with paradigmatic words from verbs in English. Is there such a word so called the future tense? It dose not mean the future time, though if“will”is attached to a sentence. The subject? Any child can speak English without studying the grammar. Then a translator is so simply made, if it is simply thought as a child dose.

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