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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a wide variety of dairy and nondairy milks on the market, consumers have endless options when it comes to choosing milk to quench their thirst, make their morning coffee smooth and velvety or ...

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 ...