A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

Last year shoppers looking to buy rice faced empty shelves. Rice is now available, but prices remain high: in March the cost ...

If farmers install solar panels over their rice fields, their overall revenue, including income from selling solar-generated ...

Shigeru Ishiba thinks consumption tax on food should not be lowered, against the wishes of political dissenters, in spite of ...

About a decade ago, Japanese treatment facilities wondered ... “Our fertiliser is popular because it is cheap, and it is helping farmers cut soaring costs,” said facility vice-president ...

Faced with an unprecedented rice crisis, Japan turned to its strategic reserves to stabilize soaring prices, a rare move that ...

Japan has five potential consumer segments for Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), with “Sustainable Food Seekers” showing ...

When Genki Sakurai began working for his family’s rice farm 17 years ago, there were more than a dozen rice farmers in his neighborhood in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Now ...

Japan's largest onshore wind farm has entered commercial operation. GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business, the turbine supplier ...