TOKYO -- After December's landslide re-election, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's program to revive the nation's economy is set to meet perhaps its stiffest challenge, the nation's sclerotic ...

Norikazu Suzuki examined strawberry and other plant varieties being developed exclusively for plant factories.

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 supporters as a ...

AZUMINO, Nagano -- A quintessentially Japanese scenic area lies in this central Japan city, a place where one can forget time ...

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 supporters as a ...