Pacific Trade Agreement

The Japanese government wants to join a Pacific trade agreement involving many countries such as US, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. This trade agreement would be a free trade agreement and would therefore remove quotas and tariffs with these countries. But there is an organization that is totally against this trade agreement. It is the Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives. And they are against this trade agreement but for a good reason. This agreement would decrease the food security of Japan especially for the rice. Since that rice is one of the major source of food for Japan, it is not a good idea to engage into this agreement. Again, the government only cares about their reputation. They only care about their trades with the other countries to reinforce the Japan's exportation. They don't care about their citizens and not caring about their citizens is not democratic.