MIKAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Like other farmers on this fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows firsthand that the ...

In Japan, certain fruits can cost as much as a car. As it turns out, the island nation has very specific reasons why its ...

OGATA, Japan—Hajime Kobayashi, a farmer in the northern part of Japan's main Honshu island, thinks Tokyo should end its decadeslong protection of the agricultural sector. Mr. Kobayashi's position is ...

Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture minister of Japan, eats a rice ball during his visit to a rice farm in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture ...

KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

A Japanese research team's experiment involving disguising a cow as a zebra to fend off bloodthirsty insects received the ...

MIKAWA, Japan, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Like other farmers on this fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows firsthand that ...

Whether it’s posting pictures of him eating gyudon (beef bowl) between meetings or holding rice balls at campaign stops, Shinjiro Koizumi has worked hard to portray himself as a regular Tokyoite. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — In the remote village ...