In 2024, Japan revised its Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas to prioritise food security amid global instability. Despite the amendment, Japanese agricultural policy continues to focus on ...

While Abe’s defense reforms garnered huge international attention, another prong of his reform efforts received far less attention: attempts to modernize Japan’s agriculture sector.

C. Semple discussed, largely on the basis of personal observation, a number of interesting features in the influence of geographical conditions upon Japanese agriculture. Premising that islands ...

Japan’s manufacturing sector is renowned for cutting-edge techniques based on the philosophy of continuous improvement. In contrast, the nation’s agricultural sector is characterised by an ...

Achieving large-scale agriculture is an imperative, yet political opposition is formidable. Japan Faces Hurdles in Next Round of TPP Talks With the next round of TPP talks starting today ...

Young people are lured to the cities with the promise of more money and entertainment. This in turn leaves traditional farms short of workers — and Japan potentially short of food. Keiko Ishii ...

Iowa trade representatives visit Japan, Iowa's No. 2 export meat and corn customer, and Taiwan, No. 8 for soybeans ...

Under this project, small-scale farmers will be supported in growing sesame seeds to practice market-oriented agriculture and ...

Spread This NewsBy Thandiwe Garusa THE Japanese government through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)  Wednesday ...