Last summer’s high temperatures and dry conditions led to lower rice yields in key growing ... An agriculture ministry report released in July showed paddy rice yields in Japan are projected ...

However the Japanese agriculture ministry is now taking a look ... One of the other concerns with modified plants is that when grown in the open they can cross-pollinate with conventional versions ...

and Japanese agriculture is increasingly relying on workers from abroad to take their place. Victor Zambrano Rumayna farms 15 hectares of land in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, growing ...

Tokyo, March 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan should aim to boost annual rice exports, including packaged rice and rice flour, to 353,000 tons in 2030, up eightfold from last year, a government panel has said.

Tohoku University professor Ishii Keiichi is a global agriculture expert. He says growing corn for feed is an effective way to increase Japan's self-sufficiency. He points out that in Japan ...

Due to these circumstances, there are growing expectations for heat-resistant varieties as extreme summer heat continues to grip Japan. The agriculture ministry said that heat-tolerant varieties ...