TOKYO -- After December's landslide re-election, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's program to revive the nation's economy is set to meet perhaps its stiffest challenge, the nation's sclerotic ...

TOKYO -- Japan's politically powerful farming lobby on Feb. 9 accepted plans by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform the agricultural sector, after the initial proposals were watered down.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...

Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...

A new game coming to Steam in the near future takes the farming sim genre, popularized by games like Stardew Valley, into a ...

Growers and marketers of wheat, soybeans and other farm products are watching Japan with concern as conditions threaten to disrupt a top market for U.S. goods. "Anytime you get something this ...

Japan's finely milled green tea has become a global wellness symbol, and the United States is now its hungriest customer. As ...

This week, Japan has been in the midst of a 10-day celebration culminating with the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, marking the end of the Heisei era, and the beginning of the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...