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Yoshinoya Farm Fukushima in northeastern Japan has undergone many trials and tribulations in recent years. The business employs 18 people growing cabbages, onions, and rice. Last year, water supplies ...

Rachel Kimura at Hinata Farms in Bronzeville, 4431 S. Federal Credit: Matthew Gilson for cHICAGO READER Rachel Kimura conducted more than a few experiments during the first growing season on her ...

Kazuhisa Sugimoto, a 75-year-old tea farmer overseeing a sprawling 18,000-square-meter tea farm in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, is in a race against time. Pressed by an aging generation, fickle ...

The Japanese government aims to convert at least 25% of all its farmland to organic by 2050, a significant jump from just 0.5% in 2020. Researchers found that urban and semi-urban farmers in Tokyo ...

The cultivation of Japanese native wasabi is the most recent addition to Hong Kong's high-tech vertical farming boom. Harvests of wasabi, a staple ingredient in Japanese cuisine, have fallen by 60% in ...

This 1930s footage offers a fascinating glimpse into agricultural and cultural life in Asia and Africa. In Japan, workers meticulously harvest rice, while in China, women beat grain from crops in ...

An agricultural method in the Amazon rainforest region spread by Japanese immigrants in northern Brazil has attracted attention as a way of preventing global warming. Teeming with rich biodiversity, t ...