In Tokyo, Rice Farmers Protest ‘Misguided’ Rules Fueling Shortages
A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...
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Ishiba against cutting Japan’s consumption tax on food as skyrocketing rice prices double
Shigeru Ishiba thinks consumption tax on food should not be lowered, against the wishes of political dissenters, in spite of ...
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Waste not, want not? Why farmers in Japan are returning to ‘fertiliser from a person’s bottom’
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 ...
Farmers march in downtown Tokyo, demand income security
About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...
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Japan's Largest Onshore Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation
Japan's largest onshore wind farm has entered commercial operation. GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business, the turbine supplier ...
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Passing down the stories of ‘when democracy failed in this country’
Nestled just off the busy 405 highway within Irvine, California’s maze of technology companies and startups, more than 60 ...
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Japan enforces food supply emergency law amid soaring costs
Japan's new food supply emergency measures law took effect on Tuesday, allowing the government to instruct farmers to submit ...
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Hoxton Farms and Sumitomo strike strategic partnership to bring cultivated fat to Japan, APAC
Animal fat grown in a bioreactor could be heading to Japan following a partnership between UK-based Hoxton Farms and Japan’s ...