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The government’s lack of understanding and subsidies for investment in animal welfare facilities has become a bottleneck for cage-free, gestation stall-free, and improved chicken slaughterhouses. Seeing this as a problem, Diet member Katsuhiko Yamada, who himself is a pasture-raised chicken farmer in Nagasaki Prefecture, sought the minister’s understanding at the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. When Councilor Yamada asked if there is any support for capital investment in cage-free, better chicken, gestation stall-free, and bridging-free facilities that meet international standards, MAFF responded that there is support for cattle grazing, including support for pasture fences, and that support is available for egg-laying hens in the Livestock Production…