TOKYO -- After December's landslide re-election, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's program to revive the nation's economy is set to meet perhaps its stiffest challenge, the nation's sclerotic ...

Japanese "unagi" eel raised entirely in captivity, from egg to full maturity, is available commercially after years of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's politically powerful farming lobby on Feb. 9 accepted plans by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform the agricultural sector, after the initial proposals were watered down.

The Philippines and Japan expand their agricultural cooperation pact to include fisheries, targeting smart farming, tech ...

A global Japanese food boom and the weak yen propelled Japan’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products and ...

A university in Japan announced a major breakthrough in the complete farming of highly endangered Japanese eels, claiming a world first by an academic institution.

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 ...

YAMAMOTO-CHO, Japan (Reuters) - A new breed of younger, business- and tech-savvy farmers are transforming Japan's shrinking agriculture sector with cutting edge techniques and marketing strategies, ...

In response to many local governments aiming to establish new 'kōsen' technical colleges, the ministry hopes to develop talent in a wide range of areas.