Rice feeds more than half of the world's population, yet we still only partly understand the nutrients it contains.

More than 30 Japanese men clad in loincloths braved cold and heavy rain in a harvest festival more than two centuries old, ...

Local farmers will extend paddy drainage and adopt low-emission methods to generate government-certified J-Credits, creating a new revenue stream from climate-friendly rice cultivation.

Japan's wartime occupation of Myanmar left deep human, economic, and historical wounds that must not be forgotten. by Zhou Xin During World War II (WWII), ...

A study finds that shelterbelts in Japan’s wet farmlands boost edge-dwelling birds but reduce grassland species by about 74 percent, with populations recovering roughly one kilometer away, revealing a ...

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

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 ...

In the Tohoku region, the Yamagata Prefecture was recently named one of National Geographic’ s Best of the World destinations for 2026. It’s a place to marvel at dramatic landscapes, the stillness of ...

If you find yourself wandering the laidback lanes of Morjim, there is a soulful secret waiting behind thick laterite walls.

Microplastics from farm-based fertilizers are seeping into waterways, according to a study. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University traced how microplastics travel from paddy fields to beaches.

In mid-December, dry winter winds swept across rice paddies stretching over a corner of the Kanto Plain in Kazo, Saitama ...

There was a language barrier, a mother who burned their letters and a record label manager who disapproved. But Kerry Cox was madly in love ...