{
  "id": 7394446,
  "title": "Onions Having Good Crop in Hokkaido City Thanks to Fewer Scorching Hot Days, Appropriate Amount of Rain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/onions-having-good-crop-in-hokkaido-city-thanks-to-fewer-scorching",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T21:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260915-348669/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Onions are thriving in Hokkaido City this year, according to Japan Agriculture Cooperative branch JA Kitamirai. The favorable crop is attributed to a lack of scorching hot days and a sufficient amount of rainfall. The Kitami area, along with its neighboring towns Kunneppu and Oketo, accounts for approximately 20% of the onions produced in the country. Harvesting is anticipated to persist in these regions until the end of September. Ryohei Furuya, a 36-year-old onion farmer in Kitami, reported that this year's onions are larger than usual, and the harvesting process is progressing smoothly.",
  "summary": "A man uses a machine to load freshly harvested onions into a container in Kitami, Hokkaido, as the harvesting season of the vegetable reaches its peak in one of the leading onion producing areas in the country.",
  "key_points": [
    "Hokkaido City onions thriving due to fewer scorching hot days",
    "Sufficient rainfall contributes to good onion crop",
    "Kitami area produces about 20% of Japan's onions"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}