I want to be the most influential farmer in the world. The first step is for me to become the most influential farmer in my native Japan. As farmers, we are professional businessmen and women who ...

Japan's agricultural sector has been facing a workforce shortage for many years due to the country's aging population. While the solution adopted abroad has been to import immigrant workers, mostly ...

Solar sharing, or agrivoltaics, is a system where solar panels and farming are on the same land. It's growing in popularity among farmers in Japan as a way to generate money and adopt sustainable ...

In 2024, Japan revised its Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas to prioritise food security amid global instability. Despite the amendment, Japanese agricultural policy continues to focus on ...

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), established after the Second World War to improve farmer productivity and economic status, now face challenges from a declining farming population and increased ...

Perhaps no country fits the description of Robert Putnam’s “two-level game” theory better than Japan. Putnam describes international negotiations as a bargaining process not only with the ...