Now, however, industrial technology is helping modernise Japan’s agriculture sector and increase exports. In 2019, Japan’s combined annual exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries ...

I noticed that populist politics and scientific illiteracy affect farming in profound ways—and make it harder for Japan to grow the food that it needs. Too many policies are the result of what ...

Agriculture is particularly hit by the problem: according to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of people mainly employed in farming halved between 2000 and 2023 ...

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. Kindai University in Osaka ...