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 ...

South Korea and Japan held the first-ever regular talks of their vice agriculture ministers Thursday, agreeing to continue ...

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

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.

Former engineer Takuya Haraguchi leads ReFruits Co. to restore kiwifruit farming in Okuma Town, Fukushima, overcoming soil ...

Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...

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 ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Japan Agriculture Tractors Market-Size, Trends, Competitive Analysis and Forecasts (2019-2024)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The ...

This week, Japan has been in the midst of a 10-day celebration culminating with the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, marking the end of the Heisei era, and the beginning of the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The new Japanese government has pledged to protect and revitalize agriculture, a policy that may be incompatible with a global push to free up world trade. The Democratic Party has ...