The Japanese farm ministry is considering lifting the ban on the sale of beef and milk from cows that have been cloned. A recent study has shown them to be safe for human consumption, and nearly ...

All three Holsteins cows in Japan diagnosed with BSE were fed with a milk substitute from the same factory, the Gunma prefecture government revealed on Saturday. The ministry had hoped that because ...

Japan will spend $150 million to buy up to 370,000 cows from domestic cattle farmers hit by sharp sales declines because of a scare over mad cow disease, an official said Thursday. The measure will be ...

TOKYO -- Japan may have Asia's first case of mad cow disease, the government said Monday, citing tainted feed from Europe as a possible cause. Initial tests on the brain of a cow in Chiba prefecture ...

In a refrigerated room on the outskirts of Tokyo, three men tear open a cardboard box to expose the building block of a hamburger empire: A frozen slab of beef. Workers at this McDonald's plant ...

Donned in a cow costume, an official in Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture issued one humble request to the nation: Drink more milk. “With schools and restaurants closed, consumption of milk products has ...

Ever since its founding 73 years ago, the Japanese Diet has had a hard time distinguishing between Robert’s Rules of Order and those of the Marquis of Queensberry. Just as the typhoons come to Japan ...