TOKYO -- Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan on Thursday unveiled a solar farm it built at a rice paddy in southern Japan, ...

NAGOYA, Japan >> Aichi prefecture is striving to increase rice production amid high rice prices across Japan. But the prefecture faces a formidable threat from pests, whose damage is intensified by ...

Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan has announced its 2 MW agricultural solar power plant, installed 3.8 meters above a rice paddy, has begun operating. The project features a community-based ...

Agriphotovoltaic (agriPV) or agrivoltaic rice paddy plant with a dual-axis, sun-tracking system developed in Miyada-mura, Nagano prefecture, Japan. PV panels can be tilted to minimize shading and ...

Maintaining high crop productivity in rice fields hosting solar panels remains a major concern for agrivoltaic projects, as demonstrated by a recent research project conducted by the University of ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - A Japanese mayor is seeking to rebuild his city into a renewable energy hub by placing solar panels on top of rice paddies that were devastated by the March earthquake and ...

Beneficial microbes in the soil of rice paddies could be key allies in a collaborative project to build a circular agricultural economy in the celebrated rice-growing region of Niigata, Japan. By ...

In a rice field in Niigata prefecture, Japan, a small robot trundles along on big orange wheels, navigating a ridge edging the paddy while hacking away at weeds. This compact machine’s work is ...