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Humans are a type of animal.
If humans have rights, so do animals.
We address issues concerning animals from the perspective of humans as animals.

Goal

Animal Liberation
(Realization of a society based on animalism.
A society where humans do not use animals or cause them pain
Create a society that enshrines animal rights in the constitution and guarantees the dignity and freedom of animals. )

Policy Guidelines

“Is this policy the fastest way to liberate animals?”

Features of the policy

Way of thinking

• The ultimate goal of the policy is realization of a society based on animalism'' andanimal liberation.”
  When we stand in a future society where animal liberation has been realized, and look back on past (present) societies, we realize that such policies and research would have been implemented before animal liberation was realized. It guides policy and research.
• We formulate policies from the perspective that if we looked at human society from the perspective of animals, they would want such policies to be implemented in order to liberate themselves.
• We will urgently protect animals that continue to suffer tremendous pain despite having will, emotions, and senses, acquire their rights, release them, and guarantee their freedom, dignity, and life.
• The animal’s physical life belongs to the animal (just as your physical life belongs to you).
• Japanese society is a platform not only for the Japanese people, but also for the animals that exist in Japan.
• Stopping the use and exploitation of animals improves human rights violations, the position of vulnerable people, your physical and mental health, the climate crisis, environmental destruction, and the waste of resources.
• If humans think that “humans are superior to other animals,” it is because they are humans.
• Human beings have freedom and rights, and responsibilities and obligations, but animals only have freedom and rights, but not responsibilities and obligations.

Policy Field

Animal policies are policies aimed at including animals in society.
Therefore, the policy areas are 0. Administrative policy'', which is structural reform of the entire administration, andPolicy related to people” (3. Rights, education, culture, 4. Security, 5. Economy and finance, 6. Infrastructure, 7. Compatible with laws and constitutions (8 international society).

Policy Items

Items

The policy is written according to the following items.
【Issues】
【Transitional Policies】
[Promotion Measures]
[Restraint Measures]
【Studies】
【Final Policies】

The ultimate goal of the Animalism Party is “Animal Liberation.”
However, this goal is divorced from current values and social and economic systems, and cannot be achieved in a single step. 【Issues】 change from moment to moment depending on progress at that time, and the same goes for the policies that should be implemented at that time.
Therefore, we divide policy into three stages: 【Transitional Policies】, 【Studies】 and 【Final Policies】.

【Issues】

We only address particularly important issues for each theme.
Please see Issues for details on assignments. (under construction)

【Transitional Policies】

It is a policy to improve and resolve the situation of animals that are currently suffering, and to reduce suffering as much as possible.
The reality is that policies must be implemented to the extent that society can tolerate based on the knowledge and values of citizens at the time. This will gradually expand the scope of permissibility and create more inclusive policies.
Current activities to revise animal welfare policies, animal protection policies, animal welfare policies, wildlife protection policies, and animal-related laws and regulations, promote alternatives to animal-based products, and update people’s values. We carry out policies, etc.

[Transitional Policies] are divided into [Promotion Measures] and [Restraint Measures].

[Promotion Measures]
It is a policy that promotes this theme in the direction of animal liberation, and supports the updating of existing values, the development of alternatives to animal products, business transformation of animal industries, and job changes for workers.

[Restraint Measures]
In this theme, it is a policy to reduce the suffering and killing of animals, and to reduce human use, exploitation, and killing of animals.

【Transitional Policies】must be policies that do not hinder the achievement of the Final Policies and are expected to be effective in achieving them as quickly as possible. Transitional Policies and Final Policies are not separate; they overlap.

【Studies】

【Studies】refers to [survey, study, application, and development] to implement and realize Transitional Policies and Final Policies.
We will connect 【Transitional Policies】 and 【Final Policies】 and proceed with research simultaneously to achieve each goal.
For example, we research alternatives to animal products, the ecology and communication methods of each animal species, priorities for inclusion in society, the rights and legal protection required for each species, and develop policies to apply and implement them in society. Prepare the system and develop the necessary technology.

【Final Policies】

It is a policy at the stage of achieving the ultimate goal of realizing animal liberation.
This is a policy to enshrine animal rights in the constitution, enact related laws, and achieve the ultimate goal of freeing animals.

Role of this page

We will create new pages for each policy as the content increases.
At that time, this page will function as a portal page for “Animal Policy.”

Issues

Issues in Transitional Policies

The issues in Transitional Policies are the Animal Use Issues that are currently occurring due to human use of animals.
Animal use issues can be divided into Harm to Animals and Harm to Humans.

2. Animal policy primarily addresses Harm to Animals.
Damage to animals can be divided into five categories: Food, Clothing, Entertainment, Experimentation, and Wildlife.

Transitional Policies are policies that deal with the current situation, and as the stage progresses, policies that deal with the current situation will be formulated and implemented.

For details, see Issues. (under construction)

Issues in Final Policies

• Different types of animals have different rights. It is necessary to consider the classification, ecology, habitat, movement, etc. of organisms.
• The order of animal species to be included in a society must be determined by taking into account the permissible range of knowledge and values of the society at the time.
  For example, great ape → small ape → monkey → wild animal or domestic animal (cow → pig → chicken) →? , and so on.
• Even if animal rights are acquired, in reality, animals may be unintentionally caused harm, such as by unintentionally stepping on an animal while walking, killing an animal while driving a car or train, or killing an animal while plowing a field. there is. There is a need for a compromise in making it compatible with human life, and it is important to know where to draw the line. In addition, it is expected that such damage to animals caused by humans will improve as technology advances.
• In order to survive, humans inevitably use, exploit, and destroy life and nature, and have a negative impact on the environment. We need ideas and techniques to reduce this negative impact as much as possible.

Policy: 0 The Executive Branch reform

【Issues】

• Inadequacies in government animal protection policies and systems
• Lack of recognition of the importance of government animal protection

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Establishment of Animal Agency (Ministry of Justice)
  • Manage animal administration in each province
    • Management of Transitional Policies, Final Policies, research, inter-ministerial coordination, inter-legal coordination, etc.
    • Fulfilling the function of a think tank for building a society based on animalism
  • Owned animal management system
    • Create and manage a complete database of animals used by humans (livestock animals, companion animals, animals owned by zoos and aquariums, laboratory animals, etc.). We will build a system that will manage animal species, name, age, gender, movement history, owner, etc., and track each animal individually.
  • Wildlife management system
    • Create and manage a database of wild animals (including wild cats and dogs) as much as possible. We will manage animal species, identification numbers, age, gender, area of residence, etc., and build a system that can track individual animals.
  • Animal management team
    • Conduct research on spay/neuter (safety, reduction of damage to animals, methods (surgery/medication), etc.). Applying minimal measures only in cases deemed necessary based on strict standards
• Each local government should establish an animal control facility and appoint animal guardians. Animal control facilities manage local animals and carry out educational activities for local government officials, residents, businesses, etc. Animal advocates monitor animal abuse and compliance with animal-related laws, receive reports, and prosecute.
• Establish an animal division in the police and develop a reporting system.
• The police animal department will build a database of animal abusers (prioritize the safety of animals, humans, and society. Create a system to provide appropriate care and knowledge to animal abusers)
• Strengthen enforcement of animals and animal products at Japan’s airports, ports, etc. Severe penalties for smuggling. If you have an animal license, it will be suspended and you will not be able to obtain it again.

【Studies】

• Research on issues, Transitional Policies, Final Policies, research, inter-ministerial coordination, legal coordination, progress management, etc. until the animals are finally released and included in society.

【Final Policies】

Legislation for the establishment of the Ministry of Animals (taking over the functions of the Animal Agency).

Policy: 3 Rights/Education/Culture

Rights

【Issues】

• Animal rights awareness is so immature that the term animal rights is barely known.
• A society that has low awareness of human rights and is able to insist on the restriction and violation of the rights of women and children.
• Even if the person whose rights are being violated or who is engaged in human rights activities, there is a situation where animal rights are being violated.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Raise awareness about animal rights and foster animal rights awareness
• Visualize species discrimination and rights violations by humans, raise awareness, and encourage behavioral change

[Restraint Measures]

• Prohibition of species discrimination
• Reducing the rights of humans to use animals

【Studies】

• Types and scope of rights for each animal species
• Research on the ecology, abilities, communication, dignity, etc. of each animal species
• Research on visualization, classification, current status of species discrimination, problem extraction, solutions, flow to solution, etc.

【Final Policies】

Enshrine animal rights in the constitution and enact related laws.

• Making the use, exploitation, and killing of animals illegal
• Abolish the right of humans to own animals
• etc

Education

【Issues】

• Educational institutions encourage animal discrimination and animal exploitation
• There are no opportunities to learn about animal ecology, dignity and rights, veganism, animalism, etc.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about animal ecology, abilities, communication, dignity, coexistence, etc.
• Support the establishment of animal shelters and sanctuaries to protect animals and provide educational facilities for animal ecology, dignity and rights, veganism and animalism, etc.
• Universities, high schools, vocational schools, etc. related to animals teach knowledge and skills about dignity, rights, coexistence, protection, etc., rather than knowledge and skills about animal exploitation.
• Promotion of animal ethics

[Restraint Measures]

• Animal exploitation education in schools (justification of animal exploitation, excursions to zoos and aquariums, animal breeding, animal experiments, etc.)

【Studies】

• Research on knowledge about animal species (ecology, abilities, communication, dignity, etc.)
• Research on animal ethics

【Final Policies】

Teach animal rights and human rights equally

Culture

【Issues】

• A culture based on animal discrimination and animal exploitation remains.
• Other cultural issues (currently in production)

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Fostering, recovering, and developing a culture of respecting and coexisting with animals

[Restraint Measures]

• Curtailing and timely abolishing cultures that exploit animals and violate their rights. Culture includes festivals, musical instruments, tools, art, fashion, entertainment, language, etc. Animal rights take precedence over other things such as the right to freedom of expression.

【Studies】

• Research on alternatives to cultures that use animals
• Research to preserve the memory of animal exploitation culture for future generations and prevent it from repeating itself

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of cultures that use animals to zero.

Policy: 4 Social Security 5 Economy/Finance

“4. Social Security” is a policy regarding the lives of people living in Japan. Here, it is referred to as “Consumer Policy.”
“5. Economy/Finance” is a policy related to the Japanese economy. Here, it is referred to as “Industrial Policy.”

Food

– Vegan

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• To feed one meat eater, it takes the same amount of land as 12 vegans.
• Japan’s small vegan population
• There is low understanding of veganism, and there is conflict between vegans and non-vegans.
• Fewer vegan foods (in the West, there are plenty of substitutes such as sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs)
• Vegan eating out options are limited. There are various disparities (urban > rural, high price > low price, etc.)
• Other issues in vegan_Consumer Policy (under construction)

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about vegan diets
• Promotion of vegetarian diet
• Recommending alternative foods to animal products (meat, milk, eggs, etc.)
• Introducing vegetarian food into school lunches. Selective (vegan, vegetarian, animal food)
• Choice of milk for school lunches (rice milk, soy milk, oat milk, other plant-based milk, animal milk)
• Implementing a vegan transition program
• Take other appropriate measures to ultimately help everyone become vegan.

【Studies】

• Research on nutrition, mental effects, physical effects, environmental effects, etc. related to vegan diets
• Studies and development of vegan transition programs

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make everyone vegan.

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• There is little vegan industry.
• Few industries understand what veganism is.
• There is little information about overseas vegan trends, the vegan market, and vegan products, and you are missing out on business opportunities.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Vegan product development and sales support
• Promotion of vegan industry. Support for tax reductions, subsidies, human resource development, etc.
• Shifting menus in public facilities to vegan meals

【Studies】

• Research on the development of alternative foods for animal foods (meat, milk, eggs, etc.)

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation for all industries to become vegan industries.

– Plant Agriculture

(*”Plant Agriculture” refers to agriculture that produces plants such as grains, vegetables, nuts, etc.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• It is not known that plant foods alone provide sufficient nutrition and can lead to a healthy life.
• Eating vegetables is associated with a symbol of weakness
• Vegetable production and people’s lives are separated
• Difficult to obtain healthy vegetables

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Consumption tax on plant-based foods reduced to 0
• Developing knowledge about vegetables that are good for the body
• Promotion of home gardens and community farms
• In addition, we will take appropriate measures to ultimately increase the share of Plant Agriculture to 100%.

【Studies】

• Research on vegetables that are good for the body
• Research on the progress of home gardens and community gardens. Development of kits and agricultural calendars, etc.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all foods plant-based (animal-based foods will no longer exist)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is low. especially soybeans and wheat
• Plant-based agriculture is shrinking due to the aging of producers, fewer farmers, and acreage reduction policies.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Expand Plant Agriculture/plant food companies through subsidies, tax incentives, etc.
• Supporting the transition, development, and sales of alternative foods and clothing
• Supporting sales of plant-based foods and milk enriched with protein, vitamins, and essential amino acids
• Supporting organic and natural farming that does not use animal fertilizers, chemical fertilizers, or imported fertilizers
• Support agricultural social entrepreneurship that aims to protect animals and the environment
• In particular, aim to expand sales of foods, milk, nutritionally functional foods, clothing materials, etc. that utilize rice, which is one of the symbols of Japan.
• In addition, we will take appropriate measures to ultimately make all agriculture a plant agriculture industry.

【Studies】

• Research on realizing agriculture that can achieve stable production without being affected by climate conditions such as drought or heavy rain, or energy crises.
• Research and development of plant foods and milk enriched with protein, vitamins, and essential amino acids
• Research and development of rice-based foods, milk, nutritionally functional foods, clothing materials, etc.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all agriculture Plant Agriculture (Animal Agriculture will cease to exist)

– Animal Agriculture（Livestock industry）

(*”Animal Agriculture” refers to agriculture that uses animals)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Developing knowledge about the pain caused to animals and environmental destruction caused by the production of animal foods is lagging behind.
• Eating animal foods and taking it for granted that there are animal foods
• They believe that animal foods make their bodies stronger and healthier.
• They believe that eating animals is proof of strength.
• Other issues related to eating animal foods (Under Construction)

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• We will eliminate secrecy in the livestock and slaughter industries. Promote information disclosure
• Developing knowledge of damage to animals (mental and physical pain, illness, injury, medication, etc.) associated with the production of animal foods
• We will use images to create knowledge about livestock stables, animal transportation, breeding methods, physical harm, exploitation methods, treatment of animals unnecessary for industry, slaughter, etc. However, this is limited to the person’s mental tolerance.
• Developing knowledge about the effects on the body of eating animals
• Developing knowledge about environmental destruction caused by livestock farming
• Mandatory production labeling on livestock products (gender, welfare level, medication information, slaughter method, age at slaughter, etc.)

[Restraint Measures]

• Increase the consumption tax on animal foods (tax revenue will be used for animal protection, environmental protection, and the development of plant-based foods)
• Take other appropriate measures to eventually stop all people from eating animal products.
• Prohibition of genetic manipulation and cloning of animals

【Studies】

• Research on the mechanism of preference for animal foods and the addictiveness of mind and body
• Research on the causes, psychological processes, and physical effects of not eating animal foods

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all foods plant-based (animal foods will no longer exist.

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• It is an industry that causes a lot of animal suffering.
• It causes environmental destruction, pollution, forest fires, poverty, and North-South issues.
• Causes of zoonotic diseases (avian influenza, Q fever, MRSA, coronavirus, etc.)
• Mass slaughter of animals occurs every time an infectious disease outbreak occurs.
• The animal industry is overly protected by laws and subsidies.
• It has become a hotbed for political interests and amakudari.
• Other issues in Animal Agriculture (Under Construction)

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge of animal suffering caused by livestock farming
• Measures to reduce the physical and mental pain of animals caused by livestock farming (breeding environment, mental and physical stress due to childbirth and milking, mental and physical pain during slaughter, etc.)
• Developing knowledge about environmental loads
• Supporting the transformation of industries into industries that comply with animal and environmental ethics, such as plant agriculture, plant product sales, animal shelters, and environmental protection businesses.
• Support for vocational training, marketing, and the launch of alternative businesses due to business changes
• Mental health counseling and other care for slaughterhouse employees

[Restraint Measures]

• Pregnancy childbirth
  • Phasing out artificial insemination
  • Adjust the period of breastfeeding and separation between mother and child in accordance with the ecology of each animal species.

• Growth period
  • Prohibition of feed that the animal would not normally eat (meat and bone meal, genetically modified feed, raising cattle on grain-based feed, etc.)
  • Decide on the upper limit of breeding per area for each animal species. The purpose is animal welfare, prevention of infectious diseases, prevention of zoonotic diseases, etc.
  • Set limits on the use of antibiotics and drugs. The animal environment will be addressed by improving the breeding environment and reducing the number of animals kept.
  • Establish and enforce strict biosecurity standards to prevent infectious diseases. For example, clarifying possible infection routes such as breeding density, cleanliness, ventilation, samples, and contact with other species of animals, etc.
  • Businesses that cause infectious diseases will be subject to severe penalties. Subject to investigation and research to investigate cause and prevent recurrence
  • In principle, killing animals infected with infectious diseases is prohibited. Basically, they are isolated, treated, and kept in captivity for the rest of their lives. If the animal is in great pain or there is no hope of recovery, euthanasia is carried out completely without suffering, only when judged based on strict criteria.
  • All medications intended for industrial profit are prohibited (fertility agents, hormones, etc.)
  • Abolition of factory livestock farming (intensive livestock farming) and research and technological development related to the advancement of factory livestock farming

• Animal abuse
  • Prohibition of causing bodily harm, pain, and inappropriate breeding
    • Cattle: Dehorning, tail docking, castration, ear tag piercing, and tethering prohibited
    • Pigs: Incisors, tail docking, ear cutting, piercing for earmarks, stalling, and gas killing are prohibited.
    • Removal of a chicken’s beak, killing of male chicks born from layer hens (blenders, suffocation), battery cages, overcrowding, and gas killing are prohibited.
  • Penalties for employees who commit animal abuse and penalties for facilities
  • Prohibition of breed improvement and variety modification
  • Breeding of unnaturally modified animals is prohibited. Restore the original ecology. Unnaturally modified animals include cows that produce an abnormally large amount of milk, beer, pigs that can obtain an abnormally large amount of meat, broilers, egg-laying hens that have been modified to produce an abnormal number of eggs, foie gras, etc.

• Slaughter
  • Excessively painful slaughter methods are prohibited (gas killing (suffocation due to carbon dioxide), soaking in boiling water, etc.)
  • All non-stunning slaughter is prohibited.
  • All non-stunning slaughter based on religious doctrine is prohibited. Prioritize reducing animal suffering (Halal (Islam) / Kosher (Judaism))
  • Live cameras are installed at all slaughterhouses and slaughterhouses. Used to monitor slaughter and stimulate public discussion

• Stricter regulations regarding the transportation of animals (e.g., transportation permit application required, transportation conditions based on animal welfare, minimum age limit for transportation for each animal species, provision of water and food, transportation in harsh environments) (Prohibition of transportation, transportation under appropriate environment and time, transportation time less than 2 hours, prohibition of overcrowded transportation, restrictions on transportation distance, etc.) Penalties for violations
• Prohibition on import and export of livestock products (living and dead bodies)
• Prohibits sales promotion activities that differ from reality, such as using illustrations of smiling animals on animal food packages and restaurant signboards.
• Taxation on animal foods and livestock products (meat, milk, eggs, insects, processed products, etc.) (Tax revenue is used to recover damage caused to the environment by livestock farming, and to research into environmentally and ethically friendly products such as grains, vegetables, and plant-based foods. Investment in development and dissemination, utilization in animal protection policy)
• Phasing out incentives and subsidies for livestock farming
• In addition, we will take appropriate measures to ultimately reduce Animal Agriculture and farmed animals to 0.

【Studies】

• Research on the pain of domestic animals (considering the development of technology that allows humans to experience simulated pain)
• Research on domestic animals (emotions, sensations, intentions, communication, feelings towards humans, abilities, etc.)
• Research on methods and processes for gradually reducing livestock animals, measures to minimize damage to livestock animals, budgets, issues, etc.
• Research on the greenhouse effect caused by exhaust gases from livestock farming and environmental destruction caused by chemicals, feces, etc.
• Research on the effects of livestock products on human mind and body
• Research on methods and processes for ending the livestock industry, measures, budgets, issues, etc. to minimize damage to people, the economy, etc. due to the abolition of livestock farming.
• Research on issues associated with industry change from livestock farming, alternative businesses, necessary guarantees, etc.
• Research on animal alternative foods that do not use animals (alternative products for meat, milk, eggs, etc.; plant foods, cell culture, etc.)
• Research on the mental health of slaughterhouse employees

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all agriculture into Plant Agriculture (all Animal Agriculture and slaughterhouses will be closed)

– Seaweed Farming

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Fewer options for foods and products made from plant-based seafood

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Consumption tax on plant-based seafood reduced to 0
• Developing knowledge about plant-based seafood

【Studies】

• Research on plant-based seafood and its effects on the mind and body

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all foods plant-based (marine animal foods will no longer exist)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• The potential of Seaweed Farming is not being fully exploited
• Research, development, and sales of foods and products made from plant-based seafood are delayed.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Seaweed Farming/Promotion of plant-based seafood industry. Support through subsidies, tax benefits, etc.
• Supporting the development and sales of plant-based seafood vegan foods, health foods, clothing materials, pharmaceuticals, etc.
• Supporting the sale of foods enriched with protein, vitamins, essential amino acids, etc. derived from plant-based marine products

【Studies】

• Research on cultivation techniques for plant-based marine products
• Research on vegan foods, health foods, clothing materials, pharmaceuticals, etc. made from plant-based seafood.
• Research on the impact of plant-based seafood production on the marine environment

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all fisheries Plant Agriculture (animal fisheries will cease to exist)

– Fishing Industry

(*”Fishing Industry” refers to fishing that captures and uses animals. Aquaculture is treated separately.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• There is little knowledge about the ability of aquatic animals to feel pain and their ecology.
• It is becoming more and more knowledgeable that animal and seafood products are produced by causing great damage to aquatic animals, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and the marine environment, and that eating them is contributing to the damage. Not yet

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about damage to marine animals caused by Fishing Industry
• Develop knowledge about the effects of environmental hormones and heavy metals on the body by eating marine animals.
• Developing knowledge about environmental destruction caused by Fishing Industry

[Restraint Measures]

• Cooking animals alive (live cooking, boiling alive, etc.) is immediately prohibited.
• All non-stunning slaughter of marine animals is prohibited.
• When installing fish tanks in restaurants, etc., animal welfare standards must be met.
• Increase the consumption tax on foods made from marine animals (Tax revenue will be used for marine animal protection, environmental protection, and the development of plant-based seafood)

【Studies】

• Research on the pain of marine animals (considering the development of technology that allows humans to experience simulated pain)
• Research on the mechanism of preference for marine animal foods and their addictive properties in mind and body
• Research on the causes, psychological processes, and physical effects of not eating marine animal foods

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all foods plant-based (marine animal foods will no longer exist)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Fishing Industry causes great suffering to aquatic animals
• Fisheries have a significant impact and damage on rivers, lakes, wetlands, and the marine environment.
• Fishing Industry waste is accidentally or intentionally discharged into the environment, causing damage to the environment.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Supporting the transformation of industries into industries that comply with animal and environmental ethics, such as Seaweed Farming (plant-based seafood production, processing, export, sales to the restaurant industry, etc.) and marine environmental protection projects.
• Supporting training, information provision, networking, market development, subsidies, etc. for issues associated with industry change

[Restraint Measures]

• Preferential treatment such as subsidies will be phased out
• Ffishery regulations based on fish species
  • Immediate action for fisheries listed as NT (Near Threatened) or higher on the IUCN Red List (bluefin tuna, etc.)
  • Improving the Fisheries Agency’s Red List
• Prohibition of fishery that has a high environmental impact (bottom trawling, trawls, gillnets, etc.)
• Prohibition of bycatch. Prohibition of abandonment of bycatch animals
• Prohibition of painful killings (air suffocation, exsanguination, gassing, ice freezing)
• All non-stunning slaughter will eventually be banned.
• Prohibition of releasing fish for human consumption (destroys the balance of the ecosystem)
• Taxation on fishery that captures and sells animals (Tax revenue is used to restore the damage caused by fishing to the environment and the ecosystem of marine life)
• Prohibition of import and export of fishery products (living and carcasses)
• The fishery boat number will be written on fishing gear and the cost of fishing waste will be borne. Preventing the dumping and loss of fishing gear, reducing stranded garbage, floating garbage, and ghost nets
• Subsidy for collecting fishing garbage, washed ashore garbage, floating garbage, and ghost nets
• In addition, we will take appropriate measures to ultimately reduce the number of animals exploited by the fishing industry to zero.

【Studies】

• Research on aquatic animals (emotions, sensations, intentions, communication, feelings towards humans, abilities, etc.)
• Research on the suffering of marine animals due to Fishing Industry
• Research on the environmental impact of Fishing Industry
• Research on methods and processes for gradually reducing the number of fished animals, measures to minimize damage to fished animals, budgets, issues, etc.
• Research on river, lake, and marine environment destruction, biodiversity destruction, environmental burden, etc. caused by Fishing Industry.
• Research on methods and processes for ending the Fishing Industry, measures, budgets, issues, etc. to minimize damage to people, the economy, etc. due to the abolition of the Fishing Industry
• Research on issues associated with industry change from fishing, alternative businesses, necessary guarantees, etc.
• Research on animal alternative foods that do not use aquatic animals (alternative products such as sashimi, grilled fish, fish sausage, etc.)

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all fishing industries Plant Agriculture (Fishing Industry will cease to exist)

– Aquaculture

(*”Animal Aquaculture” produces “Aquacultural animals”. “Plant Aquaculture” produces “Aquacultural Plants”.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• People don’t know how Aquacultural animals are raised. It is a very painful environment for animals, and pollutants and drugs such as antibiotics are leaked into the environment.
• Eating aquacultural animals is thought to have a low environmental impact, but this does not take into account animal suffering, environmental pollutants, and drugs such as antibiotics emitted by Animal Aquaculture Industries.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about damage to marine animals caused by Animal Aquaculture
• Developing knowledge about the impact of animal aquaculture on the marine environment
• Develop knowledge about the effects on the body of eating aquacultural animals
• Develop knowledge about the effects on the body of eating farmed plants (seaweed, etc.)
• Tax on farmed plants reduced to 0

[Restraint Measures]

• Increase the consumption tax on aquacultural animals (Tax revenue will be used for marine animal protection, environmental protection, and the development of plant-based seafood)

【Studies】

• Research on the suffering of aquacultural animals, their impact on the environment, and their impact on the human body through Animal Aquaculture
• Research on the effects on the environment and the human body through Animal Aquaculture

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all foods plant-based (no more animal-based foods from aquaculture).

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• In order to raise aquacultural animals, animals are inflicted with suffering.
• Animal Aquaculture Industries releases environmental pollutants and chemicals such as antibiotics into the environment.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Support for fish farmers to switch to industries that comply with animal and environmental ethics, such as Seaweed Farming (plant-based seafood production, processing, export, sales to the restaurant industry, etc.) and marine environmental protection projects.
• Supporting training, information provision, networking, market development, subsidies, etc. for issues associated with industry change

[Restraint Measures]

• Promotion and thorough implementation of animal welfare
• Set limits on the use of antibiotics and drugs. Respond by improving the environment
• Preferential treatment and subsidy removal
• Tax on products produced by aquaculture (Tax revenue is used to repair damage caused by aquaculture to the environment)
• Prohibition of import and export of aquaculture products (living and carcasses)
• Other measures will be taken as appropriate to ultimately reduce aquaculture to zero.

【Studies】

• Research on aquacultural animals (emotions, sensations, intentions, communication, emotions towards humans, abilities, etc.)
• Research on river, lake, and ocean pollution and environmental burden caused by chemicals, feces, etc. caused by aquaculture
• Research on animal alternative foods that do not use aquatic animals (alternative products such as sashimi, grilled fish, fish sausage, etc.)
• Research on methods and processes for gradually reducing aquacultural animals, measures to minimize damage to aquacultural animals, budgets, issues, etc.
• Research on issues associated with switching from aquaculture to industry, alternative businesses, necessary guarantees, etc.
• Research on methods and processes for ending aquaculture, measures to minimize damage to people, the economy, etc., budgets, issues, etc. associated with the abolition of aquaculture.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all aquaculture industries Plant Aquaculture (all aquaculture facilities will be closed)

Clothing

(“Clothing” refers to fibers, fabrics, clothing, accessories, etc.)
(Animal clothing includes leather, fur, down, fur, silk, etc.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• There is no knowledge that animals are subjected to pain and death in order to make clothing for humans.
• It permeates like air, so much so that you don’t even realize you’re wearing animal clothing.
• There is no awareness of the choice between animal-based clothing, plant-based clothing, and synthetic clothing.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Knowledge about the conditions of animals used in clothing
• Recommended use of plant-based clothing
  • Cotton, linen, etc.
• Recommended use of synthetic clothing
  • Vegetable artificial leather (vegan leather) Mushrooms, pineapples, apples, grapes, etc.
  • Plant-based artificial fibers rayon, polynisic, cupro, etc.
  • Artificial leather nylon, polyester, polyurethane, etc.
  • Vegan fur: acrylic, polyester, etc.
  • Chemical fibers polyester, nylon, acrylic, polyurethane, etc.

[Restraint Measures]

• Taxation on animal-based clothing (Tax revenue will be used to recover from environmental damage caused by the leather industry, protect against health damage to workers, and support research and development of plant-based clothing and business start-ups, etc.)

【Studies】

• Research on the effects and safety of plant-based clothing on the body
• Research on the effects and safety of artificial clothing on the body
• Development of chemical fibers and vegan fur that have less impact on the environment (microplastics, etc.)

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all clothing plant-based (animal-based clothing will no longer exist)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Animals are inflicted with great pain and killed to make animal-based clothing.
• Chemicals used in the production of animal-based clothing are causing health hazards for workers and environmental pollution.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Promoting the development, production, and sales of plant-based clothing and artificial clothing

[Restraint Measures]

• Require clear labeling of animal species used in animal clothing
• Ban on imports of clothing materials and clothing that use chemicals that are harmful to the human body and the environment (prioritizing producer protection and environmental protection over economic profits)
• Immediately illegal and import of wild animal fur (elephant, zebra, seal, etc.)
• The fur of breeding animals will be made illegal in stages and importation will be immediately prohibited (foxes, chinchillas, rabbits, mink, etc.)
• Import of animal clothing from countries that do not have animal welfare standards is prohibited (leather and fur of dogs, cats, raccoon dogs, etc., feathers plucked alive from geese and ducks (live picking) from China)
• Other appropriate measures will be taken to ultimately reduce animal-based clothing and industries to zero.

【Studies】

• Research on plant-based clothing (development, durability, environmental impact, etc.)
• Research on artificial clothing (development, durability, environmental impact, etc.)
• Research on alternative clothing that does not use animals
• Research on methods and processes for gradually reducing the number of animals used for clothing, measures to minimize damage to animals, budgets, issues, etc.
• Research on methods and processes for ending the animal-based clothing industry, measures, budgets, issues, etc. to minimize damage to people and the economy, etc. due to the abolition of the animal-based clothing industry.
• Research on issues, alternative businesses, necessary guarantees, etc. associated with industry change from animal clothing industry

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to make all clothing industries plant-based (vegan) (all animal-based clothing industries and slaughterhouses will be closed)

Entertainment

– Companion Animal

(Companion animals: So-called pets. All animals belonging to the animal kingdom, such as dogs and cats, birds, insects, etc.)
( Ecologically used animals: Refers to service animals, police dogs, disaster relief dogs, detection animals, weapons, and other animals whose ecology is used for human activities (such as searching for truffles). Policies regarding ecologically useful animals are also covered here)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Anyone can purchase, obtain, and keep a companion animal. It is also considered natural that
• It is permissible to not take responsibility for companion animals.
• Killing other animals to keep a companion animal alive

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Encouraging the acceptance of rescued animals as companion animals
• Recommending alternative products such as AI-powered animatronics that fulfill the functions that companion animals provide to humans.
• If you find a lost animal, use the owned animal management system to report it to a toll-free number and search for it.

[Restraint Measures]

• Introduced a licensing system (requires training and necessary treatment at own expense) for acquiring and owning companion animals. Requirements: Knowledge of animals, financial strength, age, medical history, etc., eligibility. Necessary treatment: Registration in the owned animal management system, attachment of an identification tag, attachment of a microchip, spaying/neutering, vaccination, insurance enrollment, etc.) The basic principle is to prioritize the safety and security of animals over the human desire to own them.
• Taxation on the acquisition and ownership of companion animals (Tax revenue is used for animal protection, such as establishing and operating animal shelters)
• Companion animals will be gradually reduced as technology develops.
• Abandonment is monitored by the property animal control system and penalties apply.
• It is immediately prohibited to use wild animals as companion animals (other than wild cats, stray dogs, and feral exotic species).
• Ecologically used animals will be gradually reduced as technology develops.
• Animals are prohibited in schools. Learning about animals is done using animatronics and VR.
• In addition, we will take appropriate measures to ultimately reduce the number of companion animals and animals used for ecology to zero.
• Prohibition of bestiality. enact a law

【Studies】

• Research on appropriate licensing systems for acquiring and owning companion animals
• Research on the burden on companion animals and ecologically utilized animals, flow, necessary legal development, and knowledge and psychological care to respond to resistance in order to ultimately reduce the number of companion animals and ecologically utilized animals to zero.

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of companion animals and animals used for ecological purposes to zero. (Companion animals and animals used for ecology will no longer exist)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• The companion animal production industry causes significant animal suffering (e.g., high births, caesarean sections, inadequate housing conditions, poor animal welfare, abuse).
• The production of companion animals is giving birth to animals with physical and mental disabilities.
• They use politicians to maintain their interests.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Companion animals may only be adopted from rescued animals from non-profit organizations that protect animals. A licensing system and training will be established for non-profit organizations that can transfer, and clear standards will be set and strict examinations will be conducted.
• Separate licensing is established for pet shops and breeders (knowledge of animals, animal welfare, past history, etc. are examined) (the safety and security of companion animals is prioritized over the profits of pet shops and breeders).
• Supporting the transformation of pet shops and breeders into animal protection organizations

[Restraint Measures]

• All sales and transfers of animals via the Internet are prohibited for both industry and individuals (even for protected animals)
• Prohibition of selling or transferring animals outside of specialty stores (home centers, supermarkets, event venues, festivals, private homes, etc.)
• Prohibition of single sale of animals that are not suitable for single breeding
• Prohibition of acts that harm animals’ bodies (tail docking, ear cutting, vocal cord removal, tattooing, etc.)
• Define and control inappropriate breeding and rearing (inbreeding, limiting the number of births per mother, timing of separation from parents, time allowed to go outside, walking, neglect, abuse, appropriate medical care, etc.)
• Companion animal breeding businesses such as pet shops and breeders are regularly inspected, and businesses that do not meet the standards will have their licenses revoked and will not be able to obtain them again.
• Breeding of dangerous dog breeds is immediately prohibited. Breeding is prohibited after the current dog dies.
• Illegal purebred production (particularly by banning the production of dangerous animals or animals with dangerous bloodlines)
• Breed improvement (varietal modification) made illegal
• Prohibition of import and export of animals for companionship
• Eventually, production and transfer of animals for commercial purposes will be made illegal.
• Pet products that do not meet animal welfare standards cannot be sold (collars with protrusions that may injure animals, collars that give electric shocks, cages that are too small for the animal species, fish bowls, etc.)
• Prohibition of animal feed that does not meet animal welfare standards (feed that uses rotten ingredients, additives, etc. that may harm mental and physical health)
• The use of animals as weapons is forever prohibited. enact a law

【Studies】

• Research into alternative products that fulfill the functions and learning functions that companion animals provide to humans, such as animatronics that utilize AI.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of industries that produce companion animals and animals for ecological use to zero (all breeding industries, pet shops, and other industries that commercially use companion animals will be abolished)

– Exhibit animals

(*Exhibit animals are animals that are used for humans to appreciate and interact with.Animal exhibition industries include zoos, aquariums, bear farms, cafes using animals, insect exhibition facilities, tourist farms, etc.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Lack of knowledge about the current state of exhibited animals and the pain they are experiencing (administration of antibiotics and psychiatric drugs, inappropriate breeding environment, mental abnormalities, injuries, illnesses, abnormal behavior, etc.)
• The animal exhibition industry has an educational function, and through excursions, etc., children are taught the justifications for using and exploiting animals.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Encouraging alternative services that do not use animals
• Increase exhibitions and learning opportunities using technologies such as animatronics, VR, projection mapping, and holograms.

[Restraint Measures]

• Suppress excursions to animal exhibit facilities such as zoos and aquariums through school education. If you do, teach the negative aspects at the same time. For example, information on wartime culling of wild animals, human zoos, abnormal behavior and medication status, number of animals used by the facility (breeding animals, animals used as feed, animals sold and transferred to animal testing facilities, etc.), etc.

【Studies】

• Research on the burden on exhibited animals, flow, necessary legal development, and knowledge to respond to resistance in order to ultimately reduce the number of exhibited animals to zero.

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of exhibited animals to zero. (Exhibited animals will no longer exist)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• The entire industry is trying not to inform consumers about the current condition of exhibit animals and the pain they are experiencing.
• We are conducting an educational project that affirms the use and exploitation of animals.
• Capturing and exploiting wild animals and destroying the environment while claiming to be an environmental protection facility

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Recommending the establishment of animal shelters and supporting business conversion from animal exhibition facilities. An animal shelter is a facility that protects and manages injured and sick animals and exotic animals.
• When establishing animal shelters, we introduce a strict licensing system and a monitoring system to monitor proper operation. In order to obtain sufficient funds, we will create a system in which citizens will support through donations, etc., and the government will provide support.

[Restraint Measures]

• Prohibition of capturing wild animals by animal exhibition facilities such as zoos and aquariums
• Prohibition of breeding animals for exhibition purposes
• Prohibition of import and export of animals for exhibition purposes
• The killing of surplus animals by animal exhibition facilities such as zoos and aquariums is immediately prohibited.
• The transportation of animals will be subject to the same regulations as livestock (see “Animal Agriculture”)
• Build a database of all animals in animal exhibition facilities and create a system that allows the government and citizens to monitor them.
• Introducing a strict licensing system for the establishment and operation of animal exhibition facilities
  • Measure eligibility, animal welfare level, etc.
  • Facilities that do not meet standards will be closed. Animals are transferred to facilities that meet standards
  • Zoos and aquariums will be gradually closed, and animals will be herded into facilities with better equipment and technology. It also strengthens wildlife protection functions.
• Facilities in poor quality will be closed in the following order: private facilities, then government facilities. In Japan, there remain animal protection and rehabilitation facilities as well as zoos and aquariums that do not have animals.
• Prohibition of keeping whales
• Goldfish scooping, goldfish display, and breeding are prohibited.
• Prohibition of breeding of Nishikigoi

【Studies】

• Research and development related to exhibitions and learning using technologies such as animatronics, VR, projection mapping, and holograms to replace exhibited animals.

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the animal exhibition industry to zero. (All animal exhibit facilities will be closed)

– Horse

(*Horse Industries refer to industries that use horses, such as production farms, fattening farms, import industries, horse racing, equestrianism, horse riding, horse-drawn carriages, tourist farms, horse therapy, and horse meat production and processing industries.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• There is no knowledge of what kind of pain horse exploitation causes to horses.
• Lack of knowledge about horse-based industries
• Horse racing can have an irreversible impact on your life.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Encouraging alternative entertainment that does not involve horses
• Encouraging alternative entertainment using technology such as animatronics

[Restraint Measures]

• Considering the abolition of gambling
• Preservation of eight native horse species (Yonaguni horse, Miyako horse, Tokara horse, Misaki horse, Tsushima horse, Noma horse, Kiso horse, Hokkaido Japanese horse) will be stopped in stages. Although it is named as a native species, it is actually an invasive species.

【Studies】

• Researching the physical and mental damage caused by horse racing and gambling
• Researching the personal, social, positive and negative effects of banning horse racing and gambling (examining other countries, other cultures, history, etc.)
• Research into entertainment and activities that allow people who like horse racing and gambling to obtain the same benefits as they currently get, without exploiting animals, and without causing damage to the mind, body, or life.
• Research on the burden on horses, care, flow, necessary legal development, and knowledge on how to respond to resistance regarding the discontinuation of preservation of eight native horse species.

【Final Policies】

Make the necessary legislation to reduce the number of horses to 0. (Horses will no longer exist in Japan)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• The horse racing industry has created gambling addictions that are affecting the lives of individuals and their families.
• horse racing match fixing
• It has become a destination for people to borrow money and preserve their interests in the horse-based industry.
• A portion of horse racing sales is used to promote the livestock industry.
• There are still sports such as equestrian that rely on animal exploitation.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Support for Horse Industries workers to change jobs to industries that comply with animal and environmental ethics, such as endowment farms and animal shelters.

[Restraint Measures]

• Legislate traceability laws that will allow all horses to be traced
• Prohibition of variety modification
• Prohibition on import and export of horses (live and dead)
• Prohibition of the use of whips in horse racing
• In principle, modified breeding is required for racehorses.
• Setting strict standards for killing racehorses and requiring easy killing.
• Racecourses with poor facility or management conditions will be closed one by one and turned into horse protection facilities or nursing horse farms. Reduce the number of racetracks to 0 in the future
• Reduce horse production and reduce production to zero in the future

【Studies】

• Research on economic losses, impacts on industry profits and government interests, and alternative plans due to horse racing and gambling bans.
• Researching the advantages and disadvantages to Japan of maintaining interests through horse racing and gambling
• Research on the flow of banning horse racing and gambling, necessary legal development, knowledge to respond to resistance, etc.
• Research on the flow of ultimately reducing the number of horses to zero, necessary legal arrangements, knowledge to respond to resistance, etc.

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of horse-based industries to zero. (All horse facilities, racetracks, equestrian facilities, etc. will be closed)

– Other animal entertainment uses

(*Other animal entertainment uses include racing, fighting (dogfighting, bullfighting, cockfighting, etc.), and circuses.
Animal entertainment use industry refers to industry that uses animals for entertainment)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Animals are subjected to great suffering due to their recreational use.
• Among recreational uses of animals, even obvious abuse is acceptable.
• Insufficient legislation regarding the recreational use of animals

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Encouraging alternative entertainment that does not involve animals

[Restraint Measures]

• It is prohibited to post videos and images of animal abuse by humans or animals being preyed upon by animals on websites, video sites such as Youtube, and SNS. set severe penalties
• Ban on import and sale of ivory

【Studies】

• Research on animal abuse, people who prey on animals, and the thoughts, psychology, environment, and benefits and disadvantages to society of people who film and post videos and images on websites, video sites such as Youtube, SNS, etc.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of animals used for entertainment to zero (no more animals used for entertainment)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• There is an animal entertainment industry that enjoys animal abuse.
• Industries and cultures can avoid being punished for animal abuse.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Support for converting industries that use animals for entertainment to businesses that do not use animals
• Knowledge about the mental and physical damage caused to animals used for entertainment

[Restraint Measures]

• Making it illegal to force animals to race. Pigeons, ponies, ducks, piglet races, etc.
• Making it illegal to force animals to fight. Dogfights, bullfights, cockfights, crows, etc.
• Circuses using animals are made illegal
• In addition, it is illegal to breed animals for recreational purposes.
• In addition, the import and export of animals for recreational purposes is now illegal.

【Studies】

• Research on the effects obtained from the recreational use of animals and research on technologies that can replace those effects.
• Research on animals used for entertainment (emotions, sensations, intentions, communication, feelings towards humans, abilities, etc.)
• Research on creating and managing complete data on the types, numbers, names, ages, genders, etc. of animals used for entertainment.
• Research on methods and processes to gradually reduce the number of animals used for entertainment, measures to minimize damage to animals, budget, issues, etc.
• Research on issues, alternative businesses, necessary guarantees, etc. associated with switching from the entertainment industry that uses animals

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of industries that use animals for entertainment to zero. (Animal recreational use industry will cease to exist)

Experiment

(*Experimental animals are animals used in experiments (monkeys, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, flies, fish, etc.).
The animal experiment industry refers to industries involved in animal experiments (pharmaceutical companies, universities, vocational schools, animal experiment contractors, laboratory animal production companies, animal experiment equipment sales companies, etc.)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• There is no knowledge of what animals go through and what kind of pain they feel in animal experiments.
• It is not known that meaningless animal experiments are being conducted.
• Lack of information and options to choose drugs that are not tested on animals
• There is a lot of room for the development of awareness and technology regarding the importance of maintaining physical and mental health and preventing disease.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• We will eliminate the secrecy surrounding animal experiments. Promote information disclosure
• Knowledge about the conditions and suffering of experimental animals
• Promotion of 3R (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement)
• Killing of surplus animals is prohibited. Lifelong feeding is mandatory
• Supporting the gradual and rapid transition of animal experiments to alternative experiments
• Recommended use of generic drugs
• Recommending the use of drugs that do not involve animals
• Encouraging the use of alternative medicine that does not use animals

[Restraint Measures]

• Animal experiments in schools are prohibited. Utilizing technology such as models and VR
• Live cameras are installed and open to the public in all animal experiment facilities. Used to monitor experiments and stimulate public discussion

【Studies】

• Comprehensive research on preventive medicine, diet, nutrition, sleep, exercise, communication, natural environment, etc. to prevent mental and physical illness and maintain health.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of laboratory animals to zero
(All experimental animals used in research for food, medical products, weapons, and other product development, basic research, genetic engineering, medicine, space research, etc. will cease to exist.)

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Pointless animal experiments, experiments carried out only because they are legally necessary.
• There is little information provided regarding animal experiments, and they are conducted in a black box.
• Management prioritizes profit rather than ethics, leading to problems such as animal testing, drug-related harm, a willingness to sell drugs even if they cause drug-related damage, the use of politicians and bureaucrats, and the bribery of doctors.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Mechanism to eliminate duplication of animal experiments (animal rights are superior to corporate profits)
• Support for educational facilities, research facilities, and companies conducting research and development of alternative experiments to animal experiments
• Support for transitioning to alternative experiments for educational facilities, research facilities, and companies that conduct animal experiments
• Establish and recommend a certification system for drugs that have not been tested on animals.

[Restraint Measures]

• In order to reduce animal experiments as much as possible, when conducting animal experiments, we will establish strict standards such as whether they can be replaced and why they are necessary, and require permission.
• When conducting animal experiments, record them on video and make them publicly available.
• Thoroughly ensure animal welfare
• Prohibit outsourcing of animal experiments to countries where animal experiments are permitted or countries with low animal welfare standards
• Prohibition of genetic manipulation and cloning of animals (prohibition of creation of transgenic animals, etc.)

【Studies】

• Research on alternatives to animal testing (computer models, toxicogenomics, etc.)
• alternative medicine research
• Researching technology such as models and VR to replace animal experiments in schools

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to eliminate the animal testing industry. (The animal testing industry will cease to exist. All animal testing facilities will be closed.)

Wildlife

– Domestic

【Issues】

• There are many values that are hostile towards wild animals, and values that try to resolve the conflict between humans and wild animals by killing wild animals.
• The number of people who don’t know nature, who have never seen animals in nature is increasing, and are unaware of its beauty and preciousness.
• They do not know or acknowledge that humans are the cause of many of the behaviors of wild animals that affect the human world.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Provide education to help people realize the beauty, preciousness, and dignity of nature and animals
• Protection of animal lives and habitats: Animal sanctuaries, Okuyama restoration, National Trust, Animal Pathways, etc.
• Activities to learn about the dignity of nature: Ecotourism, nature observation, animal observation, mountain climbing, hiking, camping, bird watching, snorkeling, scuba diving, etc., within a range that does not have a negative impact on nature or within strict standards.
• Utilize tax revenue from taxation of animal industries to promote coexistence with and protection of wild animals and nature conservation, etc.

[Restraint Measures]

• Ban on collecting insects
• Activities that have a negative impact on nature and animals: Collecting wild plants that destroy animal habitats
• Making it illegal to give food to wild animals (so-called feeding) (due to an increase in the population and the influx of humans into the world, it will cause trouble to people’s lives, amplify humans’ anger towards animals, and cause animals to be hunted). )
• Gradually reduce the number of stray cats without killing them, until they no longer exist. Cats are an invasive species, and when wild cats live outdoors or let domestic cats outside, they kill mammals, birds, and insects that are native to Japan, affecting the ecosystem and biodiversity. This allows us to protect Japan’s native animals. It can also eliminate the abuse and killing of stray cats by humans. The wild cat was taken to an animal shelter. Regulations to prevent domestic cats from going outside
• If your pet is kept in an environment that requires sterilization, that is, an environment where there is a possibility of breeding, sterilization must be done by some method. Thorough spaying and neutering is the fastest way to reduce the population and therefore minimize animal suffering.
• Strengthening environmental assessment of human activities

【Studies】

• Research on animal life and habitat protection
• Research on coexistence with animals
• Research on activities to learn about the dignity of nature and standards for activities that have a negative impact on nature and animals.
• Research on preventing people from entering the human world. Research to study the conditions that prevent influx into the human world, and to design and set boundaries between the human world and the wild animal world.
  Examples: Regeneration of Satoyama and Okuyama areas, residential road and urban development, feeding, food waste, relationship with weather such as warm winters, relationship with climate change such as global warming, relationship with pest extermination, methods for returning animals to the wild without killing them, etc.
• Research on technology to prevent crop damage
  Examples: Nets, electric fences, lights, sounds, smells, models, etc., technologies that are simple, low cost, and can handle multiple species of animals.
• Research to control wild animal populations without killing them
• Research on safe sterilization methods

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to bring the exploitation, use, capture, and killing of wild animals to zero. (The dignity and freedom of wild animals are guaranteed)

– Abroad

【Issues】

• Invasive wild animals brought into pet businesses and zoos are having a major negative impact on Japan’s natural environment and human life.
• A system that prevents traders with previous convictions for smuggling from doing animal business

【政策】

• If a business operator commits an illegal act, all animal-related licenses will be revoked and cannot be reacquired.
• All imports and exports of wild animals are now illegal. Violations will be subject to severe penalties. Broadly communicate to other countries that Japan does not import or export wild animals at all.

【Studies】

• Research on isolation and modified breeding of exotic wild animals without killing them

【Final Policies】

• Take necessary measures and legislation to create a situation in which foreign animals and creatures do not exist in Japan (the dignity and freedom of wild animals are guaranteed)

– Hunting

(*Consumers are people who hunt.
The hunting industry includes people who hunt and sell their remains, and manufacturers and sellers of hunting tools)

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• It is permissible to kill animals for personal entertainment
• Killing animals in the name of pest control. In many cases, humans are the reason why animals are considered pests.
• Hunted animals may be brutally killed. However, because it is carried out deep in nature, it is out of reach of the law and human eyes.
• Problems with hunting dogs. Problems include abusive husbandry, forcing dogs to kill other animals as hunting training, and killing and discarding dogs when they are no longer useful.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Recommendation of entertainment alternatives to hunting

[Restraint Measures]

• Immediate ban on recreational hunting
• Cruel methods of killing are prohibited (such as submerging the animal in water and suffocating it to death)
• Immediate ban on hunting using dogs
• Immediate ban on breeding hunting dogs
• Hunting for population maintenance and crop protection should be phased out and banned as soon as possible as research progresses.

【Studies】

• Research on the thoughts, psychology, and environment of people who intend to kill animals, as well as their advantages and disadvantages to society.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of animals hunted to zero

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Selling illegal hunting tools or cruel hunting tools (such as track scissors)
• Gun control does not extend to animals

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Supporting companies that develop and sell population management and crop protection measures without killing animals.

[Restraint Measures]

• Making it illegal to breed animals for the purpose of hunting (e.g. woodpeckers)
• Tax on sales of hunting-related products (tax revenue is used for coexistence with wild animals and conservation policies)

【Studies】

• Research on how to maintain wild animal populations without killing them
• Research on technology to control crops without killing wild animals
• Research on the construction of technology and databases to manage as much as possible the individuality, distribution, number, increase/decrease in numbers of wild animals, and the relationship between climate and increase/decrease in numbers, etc.

【Final Policies】

We will enact the necessary legislation to reduce the hunting industry to zero. (The hunting industry will no longer exist)

– Fishing

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Animals inflicted with pain and killed for human entertainment
• Even sport fishing causes physical and mental pain to animals.
• The animals being fished are the environment itself, and fishing is an act that destroys the environment.
• Loss of fishing gear due to fishing, and collisions caused by humans entering animal territory.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about the ecology of fish, their role in the environment, and the pain caused by fishing
• Developing knowledge about the impact of fishing on the environment
• Recommend activities that do not exploit or kill animals as alternatives to fishing

[Restraint Measures]

• Introducing a strict licensing system for fishing based on animal welfare and environmental protection perspectives.
• Reduce it gradually

【Studies】

• Research on fish pain (considering the development of technology that allows humans to experience simulated pain)
• Research on environmental damage caused by fishing

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of animals killed or harmed by fishing to zero.

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Fishing equipment sales and promotional activities create Consumer Policy issues.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Support for fishing-related companies to transition to river, lake, and ocean protection projects and environmental protection product sales businesses.

[Restraint Measures]

• Illegal breeding of animals for the purpose of fishing targets (fishing ponds, etc.)
• Tax on sales of fishing-related products (tax revenue is used for coexistence with wildlife and conservation policies)

【Studies】

• Research on the development and commercialization of activities other than fishing

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the fishing industry to 0 (the fishing industry will cease to exist)

– Whaling

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• Hunting and killing endangered whales
• The impact of policies that do not reflect the public will to stop whaling. For example, tax dollars are being used for a whaling industry that we don’t support, which is hindering necessary social services.
• Whaling advocacy fueled by propaganda

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about the ecology of cetaceans and their contribution to the global environment
• Ethics towards whales

[Restraint Measures]

• Developing knowledge of the physical and mental pain suffered by cetaceans
• Developing knowledge about whaling in Japan (also conveys the negative aspects of whaling, such as violations of international law and pirate whaling)
• Developing knowledge about the economic situation of whaling in Japan
• Developing knowledge about the dangers of whale meat

【Studies】

• Research that tracks changes in Japanese people’s awareness and values towards cetaceans

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of whales killed to zero

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• There remains a whaling industry that cannot survive unless it is compensated by taxes. Waste of tax money and hindering the development of promising industries
• The whaling industry engages in greenwashing, claiming that whaling contributes to the SDGs.

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Supported the creation of a cetacean rescue team. Learn from British organizations
• Supporting the conversion of the whaling industry (only one joint ship company) to other species projects (such as outsourcing marine protection from the Ministry of Fisheries). (*Currently, the funding is based on taxes, so it makes no difference whether it’s whaling or whale protection.)

[Restraint Measures]

• Elimination of subsidies for whaling (it is not in the interests of the people as a whole for an industry that should have already disappeared to continue to exist through tax compensation)
• End protection of the whaling industry as a national policy
• Floating tax revenue? The billion yen will be used to repair the damage caused by whaling to whales and the environment, and to protect whales and other marine life.
• Return to IWC
• Research on whale populations is outsourced to an international organization rather than to an organization under the jurisdiction of the Fisheries Agency.
• Joined the Bonn Convention

【Studies】

• Research on the suffering of whales due to whaling
• Research on cetacean ecology and contribution to the global environment
• Research on the impact of whaling on the environment

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the whaling industry to zero (the whaling industry will cease to exist)

– Dolphin Hunting

Consumer Policy

【Issues】

• There is a lack of knowledge regarding dolphin hunting.
  For example, dolphin hunting is carried out in Japan. Eating dolphins. Capturing wild animals and selling them to aquariums etc. for recreational use. Dolphins are suffering both physically and mentally.
• Contaminated dolphin meat is being sold

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Developing knowledge about dolphin ecology, senses, communication, role in the environment, etc.
• Ethics towards dolphins

[Restraint Measures]

• Developing knowledge about the physical and mental pain that dolphins suffer from dolphin hunting
• Developing knowledge about the actual situation of dolphin hunting (including the negative aspects of dolphin hunting such as killing and legal violations)
• Developing knowledge about the economics of dolphin hunting (indirect subsidies, sales to aquariums, live exports to China, etc.)
• Developing knowledge about dolphin abnormal behavior, bullying, illness, medication, breeding, etc. in aquariums
• Developing knowledge about the dangers of dolphin meat

【Studies】

• Research on dolphin ecology and population (Japan is lagging behind)
• A study that traces the changes in Japanese people’s awareness and values towards dolphins, such as how the Japanese culture of protecting dolphins and treating them as sacred eventually shifted to values that affirmed their exploitation by aquariums.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of dolphins killed to zero

Industrial Policy

【Issues】

• Capturing wild animals such as dolphins and selling them domestically and internationally. It is also environmentally destructive
• Separating dolphin families, capturing and killing them, and in some cases even killing baby dolphins.
• Damage to dolphins due to dolphin hunting (hearing damage due to bangers, stress and muscle damage due to chasing, possibility of PTSD, etc.)

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Supporting dolphin hunter’s transition to Seaweed Farming and other industries

[Restraint Measures]

• End dolphin industry protection as a national policy (stopping hidden subsidies)
• Dolphin export ban
• Prohibition of dolphin sales to domestic and foreign entertainment facilities that use dolphins

【Studies】

• Research and development on industries that replace dolphin hunting

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce dolphin hunting to zero (dolphin hunting will cease to exist)

Policy: 6 Infrastructure

(*Infrastructure refers to the social infrastructure that supports our private lives, social lives, and economic and financial activities. Here, we will show policies regarding animals related to infrastructure.)

Basic Guidelines

【Issues】

• Animals are sacrificed due to the construction, maintenance, and operation of human society’s infrastructure.

【Transitional Policies】

• We will make a list of the infrastructure and causes of animal casualties and improve them one by one.

【Studies】

• Research to build infrastructure that does not exploit animals

【Final Policies】

• Building infrastructure that does not exploit animals

Below we highlight the main infrastructures that animals are affected by.

Waste

【Issues】

• The problem of animals eating garbage (crows, pigeons, rats, cats, bears, civets, foxes, raccoon dogs, etc.)
• By eating garbage, they prevent problems such as an increase in population, an influx into the human world, and the resulting killing of animals. Giving food to animals, so-called feeding, also creates similar problems.

【Transitional Policies】

• When disposing of food waste, create a condition where animals cannot open it and eat it.
• Prohibit feeding animals with food, so-called feeding

【Studies】

• Research on technologies, systems, rules, etc. that thoroughly prevent garbage from flowing out other than designated routes.
• Research on ways to reduce the number of animals that have increased without killing them and without putting a burden on animals as much as possible

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of animals eating garbage to zero

Energy

【Issues】

• Marine animal death, health damage, and environmental pollution due to tanker stranding and oil spills
• Bird strike using wind turbines for wind power generation

【Transitional Policies】

• Preventing the leakage of crude oil, etc. from tankers, and recovering it immediately in the event of a spill.
• Establish team composition, procedures, techniques, etc. for marine animal rescue.

【Studies】

• Research that investigates, organizes, and analyzes issues that cause damage to animals (including humans) in human energy acquisition activities, and develops solutions.
• Identifying the causes of oil spills from tankers and researching measures to prevent them from occurring.
• Research into technology that can quickly recover oil after a spill
• Development of a wind turbine that does not cause bird strikes

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce animal sacrifices due to human energy harvesting activities to zero.

Resource

【Issues】

• Damage to orangutans and other animals due to deforestation
• Damage to animals due to mining and transportation of other resources

【Transitional Policies】

• Only wood with the FSC mark is allowed to be imported. The reliability of the FSC mark is monitored. Promoting domestically produced wood.

【Studies】

• Research that investigates, organizes, and analyzes issues that cause damage to animals (including humans) in human resource acquisition activities, and develops solutions.

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce animal sacrifices due to human resource acquisition activities to zero.

Transportation

【Issues】

• habitat fragmentation
• Roadkill, noise, light pollution, air pollution, littering

【Transitional Policies】

• Take measures that are currently possible, such as installing nets along roads and establishing animal pathways.

【Studies】

• Research that investigates, organizes, and analyzes issues that cause damage to animals (including humans) in transportation, and develops solutions.
• Research on devices that use sensors to detect animals trying to cross the road and avoidance devices such as brakes.
• Research to reduce the number of insects killed by collisions with cars and trains to zero

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of animals killed by transportation to zero

Media

【Issues】

• Programs that promote animal exploitation
  • A program that deals with and eats the animal food industry.
  • Programs that use animals rented from animal productions for entertainment programs
  • Programs that broadcast only positive news about zoos and aquariums, etc.
• Use of speciesist terminology

【Transitional Policies】

• Regulation of programs that promote animal exploitation
• Acts that violate animal rights, such as the use of speciesist terms, will be subject to the same regulations as human rights violations.

【Studies】

• Research to visualize advocacy for speciesism and encourage changes in values

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to reduce the number of animals exploited by the media to zero

Civic activities

【Issues】

• There are few organizations that protect animals, especially animals other than dogs and cats.
• Some animal protection organizations engage in animal abuse, human rights violations, fraud, and opaque accounting, which undermines the credibility of the organization as a whole.
• Many organizations are underfunded, have few human resources, and carry out their activities under mental stress.

【Transitional Policies】

• Activate citizen action for animals
• Support the establishment of citizen activities and animal protection organizations that carry out activities such as animal sanctuaries, cetacean sanctuaries, protection of companion animals such as dogs and cats, and protection of wild animals. Introducing a licensing system to ensure the survival of high-quality organizations, prevent unscrupulous businesses, and protect animals.
• Eligibility and operational status will be strictly examined

【Studies】

• Research on evaluation standards, educational and financial support methods necessary to promote results-based activities
• Research for human resource development

【Final Policies】

Citizens and governments will work together to crack down on the use, exploitation, and killing of animals, and if necessary, enact the necessary legislation to create a system for protection.

Crisis Management

【Issues】

• Lack of biosecurity: Infectious diseases of animal origin and zoonotic diseases, such as the new coronavirus, have a global impact and are expected to continue to occur as long as animal exploitation continues.
• However, instead of taking effective measures to reduce animal exploitation, they ignore it.

【Transitional Policies】

• Provide thorough and timely awareness regarding zoonotic diseases and encourage behavioral changes
• Implement all necessary policies to prevent zoonotic diseases. For example, preventing contact between livestock and wild animals, reducing contact between humans and wild animals, reducing the number of livestock animals, etc.)

【Studies】

• Research to establish an environment where humans and animals do not endanger each other

【Final Policies】

Enact the necessary legislation to establish an environment where zoonotic diseases do not occur and humans and animals do not endanger each other.

Policy: 7 Constitution/Law

【Issues】

• Current animal-related laws and regulations are insufficiently regulated.
• penalties are light
• There is no constitution or law that guarantees animal rights.

【Transitional Policies】

• Revise animal-related laws and regulations, such as the Animal Welfare and Management Act and the Wildlife Protection and Management Act, to be more strict and respect animal rights.
  • Animal Welfare Management Act
    • Increased penalties, up to 10 years in prison (the harshest in the world)
    • Expanding the scope of protected animals to include all animal species (amphibians, fish, molluscs, insects, etc.)
  • Wildlife Protection and Management Act
    • Ban on recreational hunting;

• Make it illegal based on the highest priority issues (*High priority means a high degree of animal suffering). For example, high-priority issues include:
• Food/Clothing
  • Pain in domestic animals (dehorning, tail docking, incisors, tail docking, stalls, battery cages, etc.)
  • The suffering of animals that are cooked alive (e.g. alive, boiled, etc.)
• Entertainment
  • Companion animal suffering (puppy mill/gassing)
  • Expanding the scope and harsher punishment of animal abuse
  • Posting videos or images of animal abuse by humans or predation of animals by animals encouraged by humans to websites, video sites such as Youtube, SNS, etc.

• Experiment
  • Experiments that cause great physical and mental pain

• Wildlife
  • Recreational hunting
  • Cruel killing of wild animals (such as submerging animals and suffocating them to death)

【Studies】

• Research for Transitional Policies
  • Research necessary to gradually grant animal rights
    • Order and basis for granting rights
    • Establishment of rights based on the ecology of each species
    • Release method/challenges/procedures/aftercare
    • Coexistence methods/issues

• Research for Final Policies
  • Research to enshrine animal rights in the constitution, revise or abolish animal-related laws, and enact necessary legislation.
  • Research on a legal system in which the constitution and each law work together organically to realize animal rights as much as possible without omissions.

【Final Policies】

Enshrine animal rights in the constitution and enact related laws. (All intentional use, exploitation, and killing of animals by humans in Japan is now illegal.)

The Constitution of Japan

(*Describes animal rights, following the Japanese Constitution)

Chapter 3 Animal Rights

Article 10 The requirements for being an animal are determined by law.
Article 11: Animals shall not be prevented from enjoying all fundamental animal rights. The fundamental animal rights guaranteed to animals by this Constitution are inalienable and eternal rights that will be granted to animals now and in the future.
Article 12 The freedoms and rights guaranteed to animals by this Constitution must be maintained through the constant efforts of the people.
Article 13: All animals shall be respected as individual animals. The rights of animals to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness require the utmost respect in legislation and other national politics, unless it is contrary to the public welfare.
Article 14: All animals are equal under the law, and there is no discrimination based on species.
Article 18: No animals shall be subjected to any form of slavery.
Article 31: Animals shall not be deprived of their life or liberty, nor shall any other punishment be imposed on them, except in accordance with the procedures established by law.
Article 32: Animals shall not be deprived of the right to be tried in court.

Policy: 8 International community

【Issues】

• There is a low awareness of the basis for ensuring the rights of animals, such as the conditions in which animals are placed, the mental and physical suffering of animals, ecology, and animal rights.
• There is a common understanding and legal system that animals are subordinate to humans and can be used.
• The international community does not have a system in place to guarantee animal rights.
• The SDGs are created based on anthropocentrism, as they protect animals not for their own sake, but for the benefit of humans.
• Japan has not ratified the Bonn Convention

【Transitional Policies】

[Promotion Measures]

• Ratified the Bonn Convention
• Strengthening international collaboration for migratory animal protection
• Working together to protect wild animals globally
• Building a global animal management system
• Cooperation between national animal parties

[Restraint Measures]

• Collaborate globally to reduce the number of domestic animals (leading the Convention on the Reduction of the Number of Domestic Animals, etc.)
• Ban on gifting animals between countries and local governments
• In principle, the movement of animals between countries is prohibited (exception: returning smuggled animals, etc.)

【Studies】

• Research on international treaties regarding animals (e.g. Convention on the Reduction of Domestic Animal Populations, Animal Welfare Convention, Convention on Animal Rights, etc.)
• Research, implementation, and evaluation of methods and techniques to reduce domestic animals and increase wild animals
• Research for building and operating a global animal management system

【Final Policies】

Establish an international treaty guaranteeing animal rights. (All intentional use, exploitation, and killing of animals by humans is now illegal)

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