In 2024, Japan revised its Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas to prioritise food security amid global instability. Despite the amendment, Japanese agricultural policy continues to focus on ...

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 ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Agriculture ministers of South Korea, China and Japan held a meeting Monday to discuss food security, animal disease response, sustainable farming and other issues, ending a ...

Korean Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung, right, shakes hands with her Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, during their bilateral meeting in Incheon, on Aug. 11, in ...

Like other industrial nations, Japan has been facing massive demographic challenges in its agriculture sector. An aging population and a lack of younger individuals entering the sector to replace them ...

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), established after the Second World War to improve farmer productivity and economic status, now face challenges from a declining farming population and increased ...

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 ...

A Japanese agricultural equipment maker launched a joint venture in Ukraine's capital Kyiv this month to support 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 ...