We meet American Parker Allen, a Tokyo-based consultant who helps foreigners purchase vacant houses in Japan, and Argentinian-born Komatsu Graciela Ana who runs a dairy farm in Shibetsu, Hokkaido.

Japan’s Megmilk Snow Brand Co. is to join forces with Singapore’s Agrocorp International to set up a factory to make plant-based dairy ingredients. The facility will be located in Malaysia and will ...