Introduction to Volume 1: Kosaku Shima assumes the position of chairman. He has decided to distance himself from the Keizairen (Japan Business Federation), whose purpose is to induce profits for the industry, and to focus his "zaikai activities" on the Keizai Koyukai (Japan Business Association of Friends of the Economy), which is a private organization that works for the national interest. Shima is committed to "agricultural issues" in Japan. He is determined to establish a new agricultural mod...
