Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A total of 78 pct of Japan's rice farmers said they plan to maintain or increase production of ...

Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. As its farmers get too old to till the soil, Japan grapples with a question that many industrialized ...

As its farmers get too old to work the land, Japan is grappling with a question now facing many industrialized nations: Who will grow our food in the future? Reporter Sam Eaton presents the latest in ...

Drones in agriculture have become an invaluable tool for those in need of maximizing their business by utilizing only as much inventory as necessary, aerially assessing crop health, or monitoring ...

STORY: 70-year-old Japanese farmer, Masahiro Hoshina, has been growing wasabi in Okutama, west of downtown Tokyo, for years. But as typhoon season approaches, he’s getting concerned about his future.

Supermarket prices fell for a fifth straight week, to 3,801 yen in the seven days to June 22, the government has been releasing emergency rice from its stockpile to sell for about 2,000 yen per 5 kg.

TOKYO — In an upscale neighborhood where Japanese buy their handbags and smartphones, furious farmers drove their tractors down the main road last week in their latest protest against a controversial ...

YABU, Japan — When tending to her rice paddies in this remote, mountainous part of Japan became too arduous, Sakae Tanigaki brought in some young guys to help out. Now, a bunch of 70-somethings do ...

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The average age of a farmer in Japan is now 67, and this is particularly a problem given the nation's dwindling population. With a low birth rate and almost one-third of the population over age 65, ...

As the average age of farmers globally creeps higher and retirement looms, Japan has a solution: robots and driver-less tractors. The Group-of-Seven agriculture ministers meet in Japan’s northern ...

The city of Tome has long been famous for its rice. Now the city has become one of the first areas to promote environmentally friendly rice production. Drones are one example of how innovative ...