TOKYO—Japan Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has asked the Philippines to start importing Japanese grapes, including a cultivar that has grown in global popularity and price in recent years. Koizumi,

Yesterday the strongest typhoon in some 50 years wreaked havoc and minor destruction along the entire Japanese archipelago, from Kyushu to Hokkaido, making a direct hit on Tokyo. Forgive me for being small, but my main worry has been, and remains, the ...

DESPITE her recent remarkable progress in industry and commerce, Japan is still predominantly an agricultural country. The major part of her national net production is drawn from agriculture, and more than one-half of her population is sustained by tillage ...

On Monday, September 29, 2025, the U.S. Grains and Bioproducts Council, alongside Ohio Corn & Wheat, led the delegation for tours of Consolidated Grain and Barge (CGB) in Cincinnati and Singleton Farms in New Richmond. The visits offered an immersive look at the entire production cycle of Ohio corn, from farm fields to global shipping.

Whither Japan aims to convey a Japanese perspective on how Japan is addressing its problems. But sometimes a foreign view is edifying. A recently published World Trade Organization (WTO) study of Japanese agriculture, summarized in today's Nihon ...