Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a ...

Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

Japan's staple food is in short supply and everything from bad harvests to rising tourist numbers is being blamed ...

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of the ...

The Thai rice sector worries tariffs unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump could slash demand for Thai rice in its most ...

In Japan, rice is everything. From sushi to sweets, the staple is part of every meal. However, prices have been rising ...

There hasn’t been much need for imports while high tariffs, put in place to ensure Japanese self-sufficiency for its most ...

In addition, the distribution method involves several steps: the farmers sell to collecting ... to the amount eaten by the Japanese themselves, rice consumption in the country has been dropping ...

If farmers install solar panels over their rice fields, their overall revenue, including income from selling solar-generated ...

The Japanese government is considering the possibility of proposing increasing rice imports from the United States within the ...