For decades, Japanese consumers have been eating less rice and fish in favor of more bread, meat and edible oil, leading the country’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency ratio to slump to 37% in 2020 ...

A University of Tokyo study, recently published in the Journal of Photonics for Energy, demonstrates that a dual-axis ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Tuesday a major shift in rice policy -- from curbing output to boosting it -- as ...

That saw the amount of land used for rice paddies -- not including for livestock feed -- plunge below 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) in 2024, from a peak of 3.3 million hectares in 1960.

As countries race to expand renewable energy infrastructure, balancing clean electricity production with land use for food ...

A new case study from researchers at the University of Tokyo demonstrates the potential of agrivoltaic systems—combining ...