TOKYO -- After December's landslide re-election, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's program to revive the nation's economy is set to meet perhaps its stiffest challenge, the nation's sclerotic ...

TOKYO -- Japan's politically powerful farming lobby on Feb. 9 accepted plans by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform the agricultural sector, after the initial proposals were watered down.

Yoshinoya Farm Fukushima in northeastern Japan has undergone many trials and tribulations in recent years. The business employs 18 people growing cabbages, onions, and rice. Last year, water supplies ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...

Sure, you could buy a laptop, tablet or cloud service from Toshiba. But how about some spinach? The Tokyo-based conglomerate is joining other IT firms in Japan by getting into high-tech farming. The ...

In April 2023, the Japanese government approved a new draft amendment to the Special Zones for the Structural Reform Act. The amendment allows corporations to own agricultural land nationally, based ...

Like other industrial nations, Japan has been facing massive demographic challenges in its agriculture sector. An aging population and a lack of younger individuals entering the sector to replace them ...

VIENTIANE: Lao and Japanese agricultural experts have discussed the use of satellites in rice farming and the evaluation of ...