Last summer’s high temperatures and dry conditions led to lower rice yields in key growing regions and ... report released in July showed paddy rice yields in Japan are projected to decline ...

Rice-growing methods are almost ... and relentless, and in Japan and other Asian countries where farmers tend terraced paddies, it is also muddy. Paddy rice is irrigated by water diverted from ...

The rice paddy used in a science experiment by a University ... can improve more than fivefold, a recent Japanese study has shown. However, the team led by University of Tokyo agricultural science ...

It offers favourable growing conditions ... public so that they recognize the significance of Japanese culture around paddy fields and rice cultivation,” says Ichihashi. A wealth of data ...

A seismic change in mindset for Japanese businesses and consumers could allow Tokyo leeway to relax some restrictions if rice ...

This is supported by the Japanese ... team will grow these beneficial microbes in fermentation tanks, then combine them with the compost, just before they apply the mixture to rice paddy fields.

The Japanese government has announced plans to increase production of rice and significantly boost exports. This marks a ...

However, some argue that the growing volume of rice reserved for the rest of the world should have gone to shoppers in Japan. But utilizing the harvest to be otherwise delivered to the global ...

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for millions across Asia, reveals a new ...

TOKYO -- If farmers install solar panels over their rice fields, their overall revenue, including income from selling solar-generated electricity, can improve more than fivefold, a recent Japanese ...