A Japanese company is opening the first farm run almost entirely by robots. Spread, a sustainable vegetable producer, plans to allocate almost all of the labor involved in growing thousands of heads ...

As the average age of farmers globally creeps higher and retirement looms, Japan has a solution: robots and driver-less tractors. The Group-of-Seven agriculture ministers meet in Japan’s northern ...

Companies like Spread are giving Japan’s agriculture industry a serious upgrade for the 21st century. Spread shot to fame for its highly automated, vertical farming units. The company is now looking ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- A farm in Hokkaido is looking to bring microwave popcorn to the U.S. market, hoping that health-conscious consumers will be attracted to its lighter flavor and smaller packages.