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AGRICULTURE

WORLD
Aug 28, 2014
Shaun the sheep, when shorn, may turn out to be world's woolliest
Two Australian farmers may have found the world's woolliest sheep, whose estimated 25-kg (55-pound) coat, if confirmed, could shatter the world record, currently held by New Zealand.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2014
As roads expand fast worldwide, better planning is needed to aid agriculture and the environment: study
New roads long enough to girdle the Earth 600 times are expected to be built by 2050, and better planning is needed to protect the environment while also raising food production, a study said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 24, 2014
Tire-makers race to turn dandelions into rubber
Dutch biologist Ingrid van der Meer often meets with disbelief when she talks about her work on dandelions and how it could secure the future of road transport.
EDITORIALS
Aug 20, 2014
Focus less on food self-sufficiency
The government should stop obsessing about raising Japan's food self-sufficiency rate and instead diversify food-import sources.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 6, 2014
'Dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of Connecticut: scientists
Scientists say a man-made "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is as big as the state of Connecticut.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 18, 2014
Wheat's genome is unveiled
As far as agricultural genome research goes, this may be the best thing since sliced bread — wheat bread, that is.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2014
Old silk town embraces farm reforms in test of revival scheme
Tomiyoshi Kurogoushi sighs as he looks over the terraced rice fields in the mountains of west Japan that were tended by generations of his family. Most are now covered in weeds and silver grass.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 28, 2014
A life of lettuce has its benefits
Lettuce. Let us raise a glass to lettuce.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2014
Mystery over pig virus origins sparks concern
Swine veterinarian Bill Minton thought the baby pigs dying at a farm in western Ohio had a bad case of gastroenteritis and was stumped when lab results came back with no indication of what had killed them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2014
Canada's cannabis growers see multibillion-dollar market in weed
By unlocking the once-obscure medical marijuana market, Canada has created a fast-growing, profitable and federally regulated industry with a distinct appeal to the more daring global investor.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2014
Buying organic could hurt environment and you
There is evidence that organic farms can produce as much, or more, pollution than conventional farms and that organic products might actually contain more toxins than other foods.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 25, 2014
Scientists trying to develop heat-beating chickens
American scientists are attempting to develop chickens that can cope with scorching heat as part of a series of government-funded programs looking to adapt to or mitigate the effects of extreme weather patterns on the food supply.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 9, 2014
Rising carbon levels may cut key nutrients in crops: study
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may cut the nutritional quality of some of the world's most important food crops, researchers have reported after conducting experiments simulating conditions expected by midcentury.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 9, 2014
Housing bank matches empty properties, renters
Since the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, merged with six towns and villages 10 years ago, the population has grown by 3.4 percent to more than 421,000 people.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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