Japan elected Sanae Takaichi as the country's new prime minister, the first woman in the country's history to hold the ...

Margaret Thatcher-san? In many ways, Takaichi will be a natural partner for President Donald Trump in the region, but has ...

The Hokkaido government has started to cull some 459,000 laying hens at the farm and imposed a ban on the transportation of ...

Japan's government is set to target a smaller rice harvest for next year, but sufficient to meet projected demand. This ...

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

The price dropped ¥63 from the previous week to ¥4,142 per 5 kilograms, but remained above the ¥4,000 mark for the sixth week ...

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

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s agriculture ministry is considering a review of the appropriate level for the government’s rice stockpiling, informed sources said Monday.

The Government of Japan has allocated ¥1.7 billion (approximately P664 million) to support the buffer stocking mandate of the ...

The Hokkaido government in northern Japan on Wednesday reported the first case of infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed at a poultry farm in the country this season. At the farm ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has donated 30 motorbikes to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to support Agricultural Extension Agents (AEA) in Ghana.

Japanese researchers found slime mold secretes organic compounds that repel parasitic nematodes from plant roots without ...