The average price of rice sold at supermarkets in Japan has hit a record high. The figure for a 5-kilogram bag of the staple ...

Agrifood should generate serious revenue, not just survive, said Japan's new ag minister in a clear shift from past ...

India, May 24 -- Shinjiro Koizumi tackles entrenched agricultural systems, aiming to modernize Japan's farming, boost food security, and position for future political leadership. Tokyo: Japan's ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in partnership with the Japanese Government, has supported smallholder farmers ...

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 ...

Will Japan avoid economic and societal decline? I believe that the answer to this question depends, more than anything else, on free market reform of agriculture. It is a regrettable but seemingly ...

The farm sector’s influence is on the wane in Japan, although you wouldn’t know it from the TPP talks. In a meeting with his economic advisers on April 2, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Abe clarified ...

DESPITE her recent remarkable progress in industry and commerce, Japan is still predominantly an agricultural country. The major part of her national net production is drawn from agriculture, and more ...

From this Thursday the 11 countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement--the United States and Japan most important among them--will meet again in Brunei. This session, ...

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 ...