The strawberry picking season has arrived. A tourist farm in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, is busy with visitors.

The town of Yamamoto in northeastern Japan is famous for its strawberries ... hardly anybody wants to work in the greenhouses anymore. Strawberry farming is a skill that takes many years to ...

and his strawberry farm north of Tokyo. Most Japanese farmers - like many other key players in the economy - are up in arms about the yen’s 20% slide this year, which has inflated costs for ...