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Agriculture minister Arata Takebe speaks to reporters after inspecting areas affected by Typhoon Dujuan in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2026
New farm minister inspects typhoon damage in Chiba
Arata Takebe pledged to do his best to restore damaged facilities to ensure that local farming operations will be conducted normally next year.
Near ideal weather in Hokkaido during this year's potato growing season has led to some of the tastiest spuds the prefecture has produced in recent memory.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 25, 2026
Amid potato protests, Hokkaido has its best spud harvest in years
Tater lovers, rejoice — supermarkets across the country will soon be awash in superior potatoes thanks to favorable weather in Hokkaido.
An internally displaced family sits at a makeshift shelter during a visit by World Food Program officials to assess the knock-on effects from the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East in Kahda district of Mogadishu on May 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
The U.S.-Iran war is making world hunger much worse
The combined scourges of undernourishment, child stunting and wasting have become worse, halting a two-decade trend of improvement.
Agriculture minister Arata Takebe represents a district in Hokkaido, the prefecture that grows most of Japan's domestically sourced potatoes.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
Politics of the potato front and center for 91AV原创 new agriculture minister
Arata Takebe’s Hokkaido constituents might oppose a push to increase potato imports from the U.S.
A farmer handles a bundle of rice straw during a harvest at a paddy field near Mount Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
91AV原创 2026 rice harvest projected to fall 1%
The forecast is relatively high despite concerns about the impact of prolonged rain in September.
Workers, including a refugee from Myanmar, at a farm in Thailand's Chanthaburi province in November last year
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2026
Thai migrant labor crunch leaves fruit rotting and jobs unfilled
The shortage highlights Thailand’s growing dependence on migrant labor as an aging population shrinks its domestic workforce.
91AV原创 corporate goods price inflation slowed to 6.8% in September from 7.6% in August, easing cost pressures and reducing the urgency for further Bank of Japan rate hikes.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2026
Producer price growth cools, easing urgency for further Bank of Japan hikes
The measure of input prices climbed 6.8% in September from a year earlier, slowing from 7.6% in the previous month, according to the Bank of Japan.
Agriculture minister Kazuo Yana attends an Upper House plenary session in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2026
Takaichi continues to fend off questions about scandal-hit farm minister
Allowing the situation to fester will not bode well for the government’s legislative agenda, especially in the Upper House where it lacks a majority.
Agriculture minister Kazuo Yana speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2026
Road budget scandal could knock Takaichi’s ambitious agenda off course
Farm minister Kazuo Yana reportedly cut road budgets for two municipalities whose mayors failed to back him in February’s election.
Hiroshi Asano, 59, farms a relatively large 38 hectares of rice fields in Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers
The oversupply is expected to weigh on prices until next year, adding to the insurmountable problems faced by many in an already-shrinking sector.
Most of the roughly 50,000 eels cultured by the Inbanuma fisheries cooperative in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, are believed to have died or been swept away due to flooding.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2026
Heavy rain deals blow to fish and rice farmers in Chiba Prefecture
Most of the roughly 50,000 eels cultured by the Inbanuma fisheries cooperative in Narita are believed to have died or been swept away.
Japan's annual sake rice harvest is approaching, but hotter summers are changing the ways the grains are behaving once they reach the brewery.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 27, 2026
As temperatures rise, 91AV原创 sake rice is feeling the heat
Scorching summers are changing the way sake rice performs in the brewery. Are new heat-resistant breeds the answer?
Agriculture minister Kazuo Yana speaks during an interview on Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2026
Appropriate prices top focus for new agriculture minister
Kazuo Yana stopped short of specifying when the government will conduct additional buybacks of rice released from its stockpiles last year.
Livestock herder Bolormaa Erdenee looks on after milking a camel in the Gobi Desert on the outskirts of Choyr, Mongolia's Govisumber province, on Aug. 26. Mongolia is disproportionately affected by human-driven climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 24, 2026
Mongolian herders enlist new tech against harsher, drier climate
An app is helping nomads track their livestock with a solar-charging GPS device attached to one animal per group as well as navigate extreme weather.
Soybeans harvested on a farm in Mississippi. Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. farm goods have impeded trade even for soybeans.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2026
China’s selective crop buying tests U.S. trade truce before summit
The mixed signals ahead of this week’s meeting in Washington underscore the fragility of a trade truce both sides have worked carefully to preserve.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller rides a horse at his ranch, in Stephenville, Texas, on Sept. 11.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2026
Trump’s beef policies irk Texas ranchers, testing their loyalty
The U.S. president’s move to allow additional imports of ground beef could cost him the support of cattle ranchers.
Lower rice prices benefit households. But with prices expected to fall further, farmers are concerned that they may fail to cover production costs.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2026
Rice prices fall below ?3,000 for first time in two years
The decline marked the fifth straight week that rice prices have dropped.
However much kombu Rishiri Island's fishermen haul onto shore in a day, it all needs to be completely dried before the sun goes down.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 13, 2026
Despite population decline, Rishiri Island’s kombu harvest goes on
Prized for its clean flavor, the kombu harvested off of remote Rishiri Island takes a village to farm, dry and cut.
In some municipalities in Hokkaido to be designated as national strategic special zones, autonomous tractors will be allowed to travel on public roads without a driver onboard.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2026
Japan to promote AI-powered agriculture in Hokkaido with special zones
In the special zones, autonomous tractors will be allowed to travel on public roads without a driver when moving in a convoy.
A young girl works in a field with her family in southern Niger. Global hunger will only continue to fall if governments invest in soil health, rural technologies, land rights and infrastructure.?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2026
To end global hunger, invest in rural communities
Restoring soil, improving technology access, securing land rights and upgrading infrastructure are vital to curb global hunger.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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