After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Fukushimas farmers work to overcome radiation stigma, despite the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In some coastal areas surrounding the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan – an area that accounts for more than three quarters ...

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 ...

OYSTERS in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country’s top production area, likely due to warmer sea temperatures, ...

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 ...