Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the ...

In the quiet, remote village of Kamimomi, nestled in Japan's western Okayama prefecture, the serene beauty of ancient rice terraces contrasts sharply with the challenges faced by the rice farmers. The ...

MIKAWA, Japan, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Like other farmers on this fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows firsthand that ...

As the average age of farmers globally creeps higher and retirement looms, Japan has a solution: robots and driver-less tractors. The Group-of-Seven agriculture ministers meet in Japan’s northern ...

Dublin, July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Japan Tractor Market Research Report 2025-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Japanese tractor market is expected to ...

The number of young people in rural areas is declining, hit by falling fertility rates and migration into the big cities, and Japanese agriculture is increasingly relying on workers from abroad to ...

Japanese farmers are divided in opinion on whether a free trade deal with Australia will be good for the country's agricultural industry. Japan's peak farm body, the JA Group, which represents 9.5 ...

Farmers on Prince Edward Island are feeding a Japanese market hungry for soybeans that aren't genetically modified for making tofu. Robert MacDonald would like to see other farmers on P.E.I. growing ...

Travel around Nagano prefecture and it is easy to see that Japanese agriculture is in trouble. Even though they are wrapped up against the weather, muffled under hats and long gloves, it is clear that ...

Angry farmers brought two cows to Tokyo where they shouted and punched the air Tuesday in a protest to demand compensation for products contaminated by radiation spewing from Japan's crippled nuclear ...

MIKAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Like other farmers on this fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows firsthand that the ...