Degree of land concentration

Agricultural land (thousands of ha): 4,692

small farms as % of all farms: 89.0%

% of agricultural land in the hands of small farmers: 25.0%

Measurement of “small-scale”: <2 ha

Year/source: Japan Statistical Yearbook. 2014 Chapter 7 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.  http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/1431-07.ht