Japan has a population of 120,000,000 and very little arable land.

Only half the arable land was still open fields in 1700.

About 55% of the arable land area is used for rice production.

Almost 60% of the formerly arable land is not in use.

Because of their fast growing population, finding more arable land was a concern.

At present, 4 percent of the population owns half the arable land.

The area of arable land made up only 50 ha.

Arable lands make up less than 1% of the total district's area.

Food prices have increased a lot, due to a lack of arable land.

But their farms make up less than 10 percent of the region's arable land.