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 ...

Agrifood should generate serious revenue, not just survive, said Japan's new ag minister in a clear shift from past ...

Alternō, an Asia-based climate-tech company pioneering sand-based thermal battery systems, announced today the establishment of Alternō Japan GK in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. This marks a major ...

Dani and Evan Benton moved to Japan on a startup business visa in 2023. They bought an abandoned house for about $6,500 and turned it into a guesthouse. The couple have also started a homestead with a ...

International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 16, No. 1 (2022), pp. 209-224 (16 pages) The small scale of farms and scattered farmland plots in Japanese agriculture have hindered efficient farmland ...

Takaichi is planning to recommend Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to multiple Japanese media reports. She is ...

TOKYO — Kana Hashimoto was toiling away at the lowest rung of a Tokyo insurance company, daydreaming of a decades-away retirement on a farm. Then, the pandemic hit. Hashimoto, 25, reconsidered her ...