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Nov 9, 2021
Sponsors split on Aaron Rodgers' anti-vaccine stance
Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 last week and faced backlash for telling reporters in August that he was 'immunized' in response to a question about whether he had received the vaccine.
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JAPAN
Mar 2, 2021
Koala at Japanese zoo becomes world's oldest in captivity
Although she is a centenarian in human years, the koala named Midori is doing fine with no serious health problems, according to Awaji Farm Park England Hill.
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JAPAN
Sep 19, 2019
Chiba Prefecture tourism takes hit after Typhoon Faxai
The tourism industry in Chiba Prefecture has suffered a heavy blow from powerful Typhoon Faxai, which struck the prefecture last week.
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JAPAN
May 3, 2019
In labor-starved Japan, Aomori farm pins hopes on Vietnamese student workers
A garlic and apple farm in the northeast of the country has recognized that its survival largely depends on finding the next generation of workers to replace the aging local population.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 25, 2018
Women help bolster Japan's farming industry
Female farmer Atsue Durrant explains how establishing The Base Side Farm allowed her to escape the daily grind of an office life and contribute to boosting Japan's agricultural industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Apr 9, 2018
In Kanagawa, homeless grow crops and confidence
Kiyoko Ojima awoke to the problems of the needy while in elementary school, when she came across a TV documentary about trying to find solutions to starvation in Africa.
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JAPAN
Feb 9, 2018
New group to promote agricultural tourism in rural Japan
An association has been set up to promote minpaku private lodgings in farming, mountain and fishing villages in Japan.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2017
Japan's agriculture more corporate, attracting younger farmers, white paper says
Japan's agricultural sector has seen a major shift from family-owned businesses to corporate operators employing a growing number of younger farmers, according to the fiscal 2016 white paper on agriculture approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 15, 2017
Noz by T.Y. Farm brings 'seed to table' ethos to Tokyo
Futoshi Ota has lofty goals for Noz, a new restaurant that brings the grand vision of his company one step closer to reality.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 10, 2017
Are indoor farms the next step in the evolution of agriculture?
You've probably heard of farm-to-table, or even farm-to-fork, agricultural movements that emphasize the connection between producers and consumers. But what about factory farm-to-table?
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BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2016
California becomes first state to pledge overtime pay to farmworkers
California will become the first U.S. state to require farmers to pay overtime to field workers and fruit pickers under a bill signed on Monday by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Aug 20, 2016
Inside Japan's racehorse breeding empire
Harry Sweeney has his hand up a horse's backside. The mare looks put out by this intrusion. Her eyes dart about nervously and she shifts her weight before accepting five thick human digits probing her insides. After feeling the uterus and the swelling of the ovaries, Sweeney's arm, slick with mucus and excrement, reemerges. He doesn't even need to look at the monitor. "She's pregnant," he confirms, smiling.
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JAPAN
Jun 27, 2016
Network promotes Japan's organic farming in a bid to keep industry alive
A young entrepreneur is striving to create a network of consumers and farmers promoting pesticide-free agricultural products.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2016
G-7's food security pledge offers Japan both a challenge and an opportunity
The pledge by the Group of Seven farm chiefs this weekend to enhance efforts to secure stable food supplies poses both a challenge and an opportunity for Japan, a country in need of reform in its agriculture sector to lift low food-sufficiency.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / NAGOYA RESTAURANTS
Aug 28, 2015
Moku Moku Farm
As children dread their inevitable return to school, parents nationwide wait with bated breath for the moment they no longer need to think of ways to keep their kids entertained during the long, hot days of summer.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2015
Aeon begins selling farm-raised tuna at some supermarkets in Tokyo
Japan's biggest retailer, Aeon Co,. on Thursday began selling farm-raised bluefin tuna at some of its supermarkets in Tokyo, expecting growing demand for the product after overfishing put the species at risk in the Pacific.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2015
Opposition assails Abe over Nishikawa resignation
Opposition parties refused Tuesday to convene a scheduled session of the Lower House Budget Committee and instead unleashed a salvo of taunts over the surprise resignation of farm minister Koya Nishikawa the day before.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2015
Farm minister Nishikawa resigns over donation scandal
Farm minister Koya Nishikawa steps down amid questions over political fundraising, the third minister to quit since Shinzo Abe became prime minister in 2012.
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BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2014
Celebrated Japanese-American California farm sows seeds for next generation
Growing up among rows of purple haze carrots, delicate Mara des Bois strawberries and corn sweet enough to eat raw, Makoto Chino might have been one of the best-fed kids in America.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2014
Tokyo dwellers take to the land to cultivate own farm produce
Some residents in the Tokyo metropolitan area are beginning to cultivate their own vegetables through expert advice and rented land and tools at farms operated by Agrimedia Corp.

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