Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

The number of criminal investigations into water firms for environmental law breaches has increased from 3.6 per month to ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister, Taku Etō, has resigned following public outrage over his comments about receiving free rice ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis. Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday ...

In Tonga, the main livelihood of most people come from the environment involving agriculture and fishery. Tonga’s source of living is deteriorating. We are also watching, with unease, as Japan ...

As the trend towards the international dispersion of certain value chain activities produces challenges, discover policies to meet these Tax transparency and international co-operation Enhanced ...

Another 83 vultures were rescued. This incident highlights the growing crisis of using toxins in wildlife poaching, threatening endangered vulture species and broader ecosystems in Africa. This image ...

However, the wing failed to dispose of the oil through the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, as mandated by the Japan Environmental Governing Standards. The wing did not obtain a ...

In a city already battling severe air quality issues, Musk’s cutting-edge technology is reportedly fuelling an environmental crisis. Locals claim they’re struggling to breathe—literally—as pollution ...

It appears that, over a short period of time, the sense of immediacy has been lost. Japan also showed low awareness of government and corporate action toward climate change. Out of the 32 surveyed ...

As Japan marks two years of COVID-19 being reclassified ... we aim to reinforce our health crisis management system,” said Norihiro Kokudo, president of JIHS, during the organization’s ...