The wakame seaweed harvest has started in the sea near Akita Prefecture and other areas. On February 23, a harvesting event was held in the city of Og･･･ ...

People in the northern Japanese prefecture of Akita are welcoming tourists with a traditional festival that features dozens of "kamakura" snow huts.

This summer’s extreme heat has devastated the quality of rice, with the harvest of top-quality rice in Japan dropping to a record low, data showed. The drought and a record heat wave that ...

Reversing its longstanding policy, the government plans to release stockpiled rice for emergency use if distribution problems occur, not just when there is a bad harvest. The Jan. 31 decision by ...