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

The plan includes loans to oyster farmers of up to ¥6 million with virtually no interest for the first five years, provided ...

As Japanese matcha producers struggle with the surge in demand, the industry is facing another problem — counterfeit matcha.

The measures include financially supporting affected oyster farmers and identifying the cause of the mass deaths.

KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than ...

STORY: 70-year-old Japanese farmer, Masahiro Hoshina, has been growing wasabi in Okutama, west of downtown Tokyo, for years. But as typhoon season approaches, he’s getting concerned about his future.

In the 1980s and 1990s, many foreign workers came to Japan because the economy was strong and there were not enough Japanese ...

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 ...

Drones in agriculture have become an invaluable tool for those in need of maximizing their business by utilizing only as much inventory as necessary, aerially assessing crop health, or monitoring ...

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 ...

An international business expert has said that the trade deal Donald Trump struck with Japan that has been welcomed by the U.S. rural sector key to his re-election chances, is not enough to make up ...

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 ...