Agricultural Cooperative Law of Japan. Country/Territory Japan Document type Legislation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Cooperative/producer organization Farming Agricultural development Registration Inspection Offences/penalties Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This law aims at improvement of the agricultural productivity and the raising up of the position of farmers economicaly and socially, through facilitation of agricultural cooperative organization activity, and contribution to the development of national economy. The text consists of 6 chapters as follows : General Rules (1); Agricultural Cooperative Association and the Federation (2); Central Union of Agricultural Cooperative (3); Registration (4); Supervision (5); Penal Regulations (6). Full text English Website www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp