Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly harvested wasabi roots are kept in a basket in a field on Masahiro Hoshina's farm in Okutama Town TOKYO (Reuters) - Masahiro ...

In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most ...

KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weather-beaten wood tables groan under stacks of carrots, potatoes, mandarin oranges and other fresh farm produce. But what makes ...

I want to be the most influential farmer in the world. The first step is for me to become the most influential farmer in my native Japan. As farmers, we are professional businessmen and women who ...

On the surface, the can of matcha appears genuine, bearing the famous brand name Isuzu along with other product specifications. The Japanese green tea powder is so popular that the highly acclaimed ...

TOKYO -- U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in April, contributed an opinion piece to the Mainichi Shimbun regarding exports of U.S. rice, stating, "American and Japanese ...

A gift of 300 pounds of rice from the Emperor of Japan spurred the growth of the rice industry in Texas, eventually making the state the preeminent producer of the crop in the United States, a ...

Masahiro Hoshina, a Japanese farmer, starts worrying about typhoon season months before it begins, haunted by memories of the heavy rains and landslides that washed away wasabi farms during one 2019 ...