Japan's rice policy is at a crossroads as prices of the country's staple food stay around record highs, squeezing households. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/japan/japan-rice-policy-crossroads/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff #norikazusuzuki
Hiroshima Prefecture — which accounts for about 60% of Japan’s oyster production — is facing a crisis after farmed oysters began dying en masse, prompting fears among farmers about the industry’s survival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/society/hiroshima-oyster-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #oysters #hiroshima #norikazusuzuki #maff #environment
The Japanese government has said it will renew measures to deal with the rising number of bear attacks nationwide — 12 of them fatal — as more bears are seen roaming around residential areas in the north of the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/society/bears-government-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #animals #localgovernments #bears #shinjirokoizumi #norikazusuzuki #yoheimatsumoto #minorukihara #sdf
Newly appointed farm minister Norikazu Suzuki has hinted of a potential rethink of a policy to increase rice production advocated by the administration of former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/farm-minister-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #agriculture #rice #norikazusuzuki #shinjirokoizumi #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi
