As rice prices surge in Japan, a government survey shows farms plan to expand acreage for the crop, which should alleviate ...

The agriculture ministry plans to export 350,000 tons of rice in 2030, nearly eight times the amount in 2024, as part of a ...

The work is backbreaking and relentless, and in Japan and other Asian countries where farmers tend terraced paddies, it is also muddy. Paddy rice is irrigated by water diverted from rivers and ...

Boasting the largest rice production volume in Japan, there are plenty of good ... filling the surrounding rice paddies. It is said that the clayish soil of the plain is effective in absorbing ...

Japan is famous for combining ancient traditions with futuristic cities, but it also has a surprising side. Scattered across the country are places that look like they belong somewhere else entirely: ...

Sushiro, Japan’s top conveyor-belt sushi chain ... excessive rice production was abolished in 2018. Owners of rice paddies for export purposes currently receive 40,000 yen per 1,000 square ...

Sparrows and a host of other creatures are vanishing in Japan as development and changing farm practices harm a delicate ...

SAITAMA -- Rice prices in Japan have continued to surge since last summer's "rice ... A farmer managing 14 hectares of rice paddies in western Saitama Prefecture commented, "I'm doubtful that the ...

Beneficial microbes in the soil of rice paddies could be key allies in a collaborative project to build a circular agricultural economy in the celebrated rice-growing region of Niigata, Japan.

The Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, which came to an end on November 24, 2024, was the latest international art festival to bring cutting-edge contemporary art to a rural area of Japan.

New-crop rice has appeared in Japanese supermarkets, but has failed to alleviate steep and continued inflation...Read More ...

The rice paddy itself requires a large part of that ... as a collaboration between hackerfarm and Digital Garage in Japan. I was contacted by one of the heads of FutureLab, an internal R&D ...