Jo Sakai, a graduate of New York University, scouted sites in1903 for farmers to try new techniques. He came upon Boca Raton ...

This episode features businesses that are providing education and assistance to Japanese farmers to ensure that Japan's agriculture industry is left in capable hands. The produce in this popular ...

About a decade ago, Japanese treatment facilities wondered ... “Our fertiliser is popular because it is cheap, and it is helping farmers cut soaring costs,” said facility vice-president ...

A government survey shows the number of farmers in Japan dropped by over 360,000 between 2010 and 2020, while foreign-born farmers doubled. Not everyone welcomed this shift. The number of non ...

Japan’s campaign to boost renewable power supplies since the Fukushima nuclear disaster is producing some unlikely winners: vegetable farmers. Makoto Takazawa and his father Yukio earned 1.7 million ...

That’s why I can say, “What’s wrong with calling the baseball team ‘Farmers’ Japan?” I don’t know the exact demographic makeup of Japanese society during the Edo Period (1603-1867 ...

Hiroaki Asakura, a farmer in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, learned how to be a green thumb from his father. This meant knowing the seasons for planting crops and what pesticides to apply and when.

The first step is for me to become the most influential farmer in my native Japan. As farmers, we are professional businessmen and women who produce the food our families, communities, and the ...

the impact on farmers’ incomes is significant. Due to these circumstances, there are growing expectations for heat-resistant varieties as extreme summer heat continues to grip Japan. The ...

In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than usual.