In response to the ongoing challenges posed by Japan’s shrinking population and aging rural demographics, the agriculture ministry is introducing a new initiative to dispatch corporate personnel ...

After six years of running an urban farm and renting an Airbnb ... population and internal migration, Japan has millions of unoccupied houses in rural areas. But thanks to the low prices and ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

The Consulate General of Japan in Davao has provided a grant to the Balutakay Coffee Farmers Cooperative (BACOFA) in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, to improve their coffee processing facilities. This will ...

Agriculture is particularly hit by the problem: according to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of people mainly employed in farming halved between 2000 and 2023 ...