Agriculture is particularly hit by the problem: according to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of people mainly employed in farming halved between 2000 and 2023 ...

Japanese homemaker Kirina Mochizuki has always considered "okonomiyaki" savoury pancakes the ultimate comfort food: simple, ...

Teikoku Databank, a research company that tracks historic changes in the cost of assembling a plate of Japan’s beloved curry ...

The Japanese government will ease its policy on releasing stockpiled rice as a step to counter rising prices, altering the ...

Japan's farm minister on Friday said the government plans to release its stockpiled rice for the first time to alleviate ...

“We now have political momentum,” after the visit of Japan’s Agriculture Minister Taku Eto to the country last year, he added. A move to allow Brazilian beef into Japan would put rival shipments from ...

Rice prices set a record high for a fourth consecutive month amid rising production costs. Wholesale prices paid to farming ...

Such partnership initiatives, launched by agricultural corporations and employment facilities, reached about 7,100 by fiscal ...

Akiba Bokujo Holdings has partnered with an Indian IT startup to procure feed, raise dairy cows and produce products.