일본농협의 개혁의 방향과 과제

Abstract

JA(Japanese Agricultural Cooperative Association) Group faces strong challenges and criticisms from both inside and outside of the organization. These challenges and criticisms are directly caused by the crisis faced by JA Group. This paper describes criticisms and the counter arguments on JA, investigates JA Group's efforts to reform herself in reaction to the challenges and criticisms, and derives implications for Korean NACF (National Agricultural Cooperative Federation) under the similar situation.JA Group proposes a new vision of co-living movements(co-living with next generation, co-living with consumers, and co-living with Asian countries) to overcome the criticism that JA is an obstacle for regeneration of Japanese agriculture. JA continues not only to protect small farmers as the week in markets but to economically discriminate in favor big farmers to prevent their separation from cooperatives. JA Group tries to make turn around from deficit to balanced budget in business activities through thorough reforms in Zen-Noh's(business sector of JA Group) business activities in order not to depend on the transfer from financial sectors. This is for protection of JA Group form the arguments that business sectors and financial sectors in GA Group should be decoupled for increasing efficiency of management. The JA Group's dependency on government will become weakening through efforts to self-government and self-reliance following Principles of Cooperatives. JA Group regrets on the scandals made by Zen-Noh in recent years and hammered out the reform action plan to renew the Zen-Noh to regain trust from stakeholders.