Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

A spike in avian flu cases in January is alarming the agriculture ministry and raising concerns about egg prices remaining high.

Kusano Sakko, based in Japan’s agricultural heartland on the island of Hokkaido, launched the country’s first and only commercial-scale bacterial nanocellulose factory in collaboration with ...

Biei is a town located at the center of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. With its idyllic ... mostly working in dairy and agriculture, this sudden influx has brought some challenges.