New research into ancient Japanese rice farming suggests that significant technological development does not always mean ‘abandonment’ of cultural practices - particularly culinary traditions.

Japan’s agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts. The resignation comes as ...

While eel farming in Japan relies primarily on Japanese eels, two-thirds of eel consumption in the country depends on imports of live adult eels and eel products, which include several species of ...

New research into ancient Japanese rice farming suggests that significant technological development does not always mean the abandonment of cultural practices, particularly culinary traditions.

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Japan has partnered with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on an initiative aimed at modernizing ...

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

Scientists in Japan have just created a new hybrid grape called Muscat Shiragai, blending a wild local variety with the ...