Japan's agriculture minister says if his ministry's projections hold true, a substantial amount of new rice will enter the market, leading to stable retail prices.

Japan's top tariff negotiator canceled a trip to the US over unspecified "points that need to be discussed at the ...

Japan’s economy is caught between inflationary monetary policy and powerful agricultural interests. There is no easy way out.

India, May 24 -- Shinjiro Koizumi tackles entrenched agricultural systems, aiming to modernize Japan's farming, boost food security, and position for future political leadership.

The U.S government’s demand for Japan to import more American rice is the latest wrench stalling plans for the drawn-out trade negotiations.

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 ...

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 ...

BEIJING - Chinese producers and traders of agricultural products complain that exports to Japan have suffered a sharp decline since a massive quake and tsunami disrupted the country's ...

Whither Japan aims to provide a Japanese perspective on how Japan is addressing its problems. But sometimes a foreign view is edifying. A recently published WTO study of Japanese agriculture ...

But for Japan the TPP deal breaker will be agriculture. Ironically, perhaps, what Yamashita and other analysts are saying is TPP or no TPP, Japanese agriculture must reform or perish.