Canola blossoms are at their best in rice paddies in the city of Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture. The scene looks like a ...

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

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 ...

The craft flew over a 1000-square-meter rice paddy, scattering seeds treated beforehand ... Alarmed by the prospect of Japan’s agriculture vanishing, Takamoto decided to join hands with Nobeoka ...

Japan exported 45,000 tons of rice in 2024 ... For the 2024 rice harvest, rice paddies capable of producing 1.2 million tons of rice were allocated to non-staple food uses. This was nearly ...

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.