AgricultureID

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

MAFF

Japan’s national ministry for agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The official legal identity is 農林水産省; the English form is a display translation.

Jurisdiction
Japan
Government level
National
Authority type
Ministry
Status
Active

Visit the official websitehttps://www.maff.go.jp/

Official name in local language

  • ja 農林水産省

Responsibilities

Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.

  • Farm policy

    Published on the national go.jp government domain as Japan’s agriculture ministry.

    Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan

  • Forestry

    Forestry (林) is named in the ministry’s official Japanese title 農林水産省.

    Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan

  • Fisheries

    Fisheries (水産) is named in the ministry’s official Japanese title 農林水産省.

    Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan

Registries and databases

Official systems this authority administers, as recorded in the AgricultureID registry corpus.

  • Plant Protection Station (植物防疫所)Border control system

    Plant quarantine requirements for plants and plant products entering and leaving Japan

All official registries

Why this body is recorded

Official name of the body responsible in Japan.

Official source
Source page
https://www.maff.go.jp/
What the source says
“Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries”(official name)
Standing
Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
  • The authoritative legal name is the Japanese 農林水産省; the English name is a display aid and is not the legal identity.

Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.

Sources and verification

  • Official site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 under the title “農林水産省ホームページ”.

    Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.maff.go.jp/ · domain classification: Verified official

Important limitations

  • The authoritative legal name is the Japanese 農林水産省; the English name is a display aid and is not the legal identity.

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