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AGRICULTURE 3

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2018
As high-rise farms go global, Japan's Spread leads the way
In the hills between Kyoto, Osaka and Nara prefectures, surrounded by technology companies and startups, Spread Co. is preparing to open the world's largest automated leaf-vegetable factory.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2018
France opens national investigation after reports of spike in birth defects
France has launched a nationwide investigation into why babies in some parts of the country have been born without hands or arms after several new cases were reported this week, the health minister said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2018
As TPP moves closer to enactment, Japanese farmers express concern over imports
The progression of a sweeping 11-member free trade agreement was met with concern among the nation's farmers Wednesday, with many expressing their anxiety over a possible influx of imports stemming from the agreement that's set to enter into force Dec. 30.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2018
Government planning seasonal limits on new five-year residence status for foreign workers in Japan: sources
The step will be in response to requests mainly from the agriculture industry, the sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2018
Japan firm claims success in artificial cultivation of low-cost, matsutake-like mushroom
A fertilizer-maker in western Japan has claimed success in artificially cultivating bakamatsutake mushrooms — a species related to the highly prized matsutake mushroom, with a similar taste and flavor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2018
Family seeks damages over suicide of 16-year-old member of agriculture promotion idol group
In the lawsuit filed with the Matsuyama District Court, the family claims harassment and overwork led to the suicide.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2018
As planet warms, China's drought losses predicted to soar into tens of billions of dollars
Economic losses caused by drought in China will rocket to tens of billions of dollars per year if global warming breaches the limits set by governments in a 2015 agreement to tackle climate change, scientists said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 27, 2018
Japan-U.S. trade talks may be less of a concession than they appear
At a glance, it may appear U.S. President Donald Trump has scored a significant victory after his latest talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2018
Philippine farmers struggle to rebuild lives after typhoon decimates crops
The destruction of crops by a powerful typhoon will push people in the Philippines deeper into poverty and prolong recovery efforts, aid agencies said as they called for more assistance for farmers.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2018
China reports new African swine fever outbreak in Inner Mongolia
China's northern region of Inner Mongolia has reported a new outbreak of African swine fever, the agriculture ministry said Monday, as authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious disease.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 15, 2018
Swine fever virus in Gifu found to be variant new to Japan
The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization says genetic testing shows it is a new type of hog cholera that probably originated overseas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2018
China's small farmers pose huge challenge in swine fever battle
Even after 14 outbreaks of African swine fever across China in just over a month, pig farmer Wang Wu does not believe the threat to his livelihood is real.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2018
Japan's first case of swine fever in 26 years triggers pig cull and nationwide export ban
Pork shipments out of Japan are expected to be canceled for at least three months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2018
China's growing hunger for wheat pushes global reserves to crisis levels, as heat waves and droughts hit harvests
A scorching hot, dry summer has ended five years of plenty in many wheat producing countries and drawn down the reserves of major exporters to their lowest level since 2007-08, when low grain stocks contributed to food riots across Africa and Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Aug 19, 2018
Fukushima's recovering farmers scramble to deal with scorching weather
Amid scorching temperatures that have gripped the entire nation, farmers in Fukushima Prefecture are beginning to see the high temperatures and scarce rain take a toll on their carefully tended produce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018
In race to contain deadly swine fever, China shuts slaughterhouse of world's top pork firm
China has ordered the world's top pork producer, WH Group Ltd., to shut a major slaughterhouse as authorities race to stop the spread of deadly African swine fever (ASF) after a second outbreak in the planet's biggest hog herd in two weeks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2018
Bumblebees' decline linked to inbreeding and disease
Researchers in Canada playing detective with the yellow-banded bumblebee's genome have found evidence that inbreeding and disease are the likely reasons for the decline of the species, York University associate professor Amro Zayed says.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2018
'Potentially catastrophic effects': Red Cross warns of North Korea food crisis as crops fail in heat
A heat wave in North Korea has led to rice, maize and other crops withering in the fields, "with potentially catastrophic effects," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2018
Trump administration lifts Obama-era GMO crop ban on U.S. wildlife refuges
The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2018
Heat wave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring
Searing heat has devastated wheat fields across northern Europe and a combination of dry conditions and extreme rain in the Black Sea have hit output estimates, with prices soaring on fears of further crop damage.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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