Farmers demand gov't compensation over mad cow

Farmers demand gov't compensation over mad cow

TOKYO, Japan - Some 120 farmers and breeders from around the country, leading six dairy cows, gather in front of the building of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in central Tokyo on Feb. 22 to demand compensation from the government over losses incurred as a result of the outbreak of mad cow disease.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001088370
  • Registered date
  • 2002/2/22 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2002 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 2457 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.21(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Tourism Expo Japan

    Tourism Expo Japan

    Photo taken at the Tourism Expo Japan travel trade exhibition in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2022, shows a booth of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
      Farm minister on whaling

      Farm minister on whaling

      TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi answers reporters' questions at the ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2014. The minister was quizzed about the government's decision to aim to resume whaling in the Antarctic from next fiscal year.
        Cafeterias at gov't offices

        Cafeterias at gov't offices

        TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 6, 2012, shows a set menu having tomato-simmered deer meat as the main dish, served at Teshigotoya Sakura, one of the cafeterias at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district.
          Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

          Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

          VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Toru Iwasa (2nd from L), an executive of the Zen natural food seller in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, talks with a local trader in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products there hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
            Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

            Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

            VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Hidefumi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Drink Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
              Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

              Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

              VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Kenzo Takemoto (R), president of Kobe-based Takemoto Trading Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
                Japan eyes increasing rice exports to China

                Japan eyes increasing rice exports to China

                BEIJING, China - Nobutaka Tsutsui (C), senior vice minister of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Liu Shenli (L), chairman of China National Agricultural Development Group Corp., shake hands after signing a memorandum in Beijing on Dec. 9, 2010. The agricultural entities agreed China will expand imports of Japanese farm products such as rice and vegetables.
                  49 Miyazaki stud bulls to be slaughtered

                  49 Miyazaki stud bulls to be slaughtered

                  TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Yamada, senior vice minister at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, speaks during a news conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 24, 2010, about the government's decision to slaughter 49 stud bulls in Miyazaki Prefecture amid the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.
                    Gov't to compensate for losses due to foot-and-mouth disease

                    Gov't to compensate for losses due to foot-and-mouth disease

                    TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu briefs reporters on additional government measures over the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 21, 2010. The government will compensate farmers for slaughtered cows and pigs at market value, rather than uniform rates as initially planned. (Kyodo)
                      Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

                      Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

                      TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu briefs reporters on measures to deal with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. Akamatsu said all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by the disease will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the outbreak. (Kyodo)