TOKYO -- Japan will in April further tighten restrictions on foreign nationals seeking to purchase agricultural land, requiring more information about their residency status, amid growing concern about security risks to the country's food supply.
Purchases of farmland in Japan must go through local agricultural committees. As a rule, buyers of any nationality must engage in farming for at least 150 days a year or, in the case of corporate buyers, must be majority-owned by agriculture-related parties.
