Japan's agriculture minister says domestic pork supplies could be hit by the suspension of imports from Spain. This comes ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, many foreign workers came to Japan because the economy was strong and there were not enough Japanese ...

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 ...

Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the ...

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.

In some coastal areas surrounding the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan – an area that accounts for more than three quarters ...

Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...

Companies like Spread are giving Japan’s agriculture industry a serious upgrade for the 21st century. Spread shot to fame for its highly automated, vertical farming units. The company is now looking ...