Is the practice of putting farmers’ photos inside fruit and vegetable boxes a good idea or bad? Harsh Goenka sparked a debate ...

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KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan's western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than ...

Adrian Zecha, the 93-year-old hotelier behind Aman Resorts, just opened Azuma Farm in the sleepy rural region of Iwate—a “slow luxury” farm hotel in an underexplored corner of the country.

Japanese farmers are placing grower photographs on produce packaging to foster consumer trust. This practice has initiated ...

TOKYO -- Nearly two years after the so-called "Reiwa-era rice upheaval" began in the summer of 2024, causing rice shortages ...

I want to be the most influential farmer in the world. The first step is for me to become the most influential farmer in my native Japan. As farmers, we are professional businessmen and women who ...

The growth in population, rise in income, and changes in dietary preferences, have led to an increase in the demand for livestock products globally, highlighting the need for smart livestock ...

MIKAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Like other farmers on this fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows firsthand that the ...

Japan's aging workforce and declining population are having significant effects on the country's agriculture industry. The 2020 Census of Agriculture and Forestry found that between 2015 and 2020, the ...

Miyagi prefecture isn't just the economic and cultural hub of Japan's northeastern Tohoku region. Its fertile alluvial plains also make it one of the nation's major rice producers. Tome, a city in the ...