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 ...

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.

Part of the global Wwoof programme, the Sho Farm near Tokyo lets visitors get their hands dirty and learn all about organic ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), established after the Second World War to improve farmer productivity and economic status, now face challenges from a declining farming population and increased ...

Like other industrial nations, Japan has been facing massive demographic challenges in its agriculture sector. An aging population and a lack of younger individuals entering the sector to replace them ...

Korean Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung, right, shakes hands with her Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, during their bilateral meeting in Incheon, on Aug. 11, in ...

Under former prime minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, Japanese agriculture was a target for regulatory reform. There was an especial focus on reforming the organisation of agricultural cooperatives ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...