Japanese rice is more expensive than rice grown in other countries due to its high production costs. To ensure the Japanese variety is accepted overseas, the ministry will help Japanese food and ...

Under the name 'Nisui no Takumi,' the blended rice will be sold from around April 10 at some 2,000 stores across Japan except ...

Japonica rice is the dominant variety in Japan, characterized by its small ... General trading company Kanematsu Corp. is preparing to import 10,000 tons of U.S.-grown "Calrose" rice in 2025. This is ...

If men could actually die of shame, then Donald Trump’s economic team would be toast—instead, it is only their reputations ...

Shigeru Ishiba thinks consumption tax on food should not be lowered, against the wishes of political dissenters, in spite of ...

Scientists in Japan have conducted a field experiment in rice plantations hosting agrivoltaics systems and have found that ...

The price surges came even as the government started auctioning its stockpiles earlier this month to ease soaring prices of the Japanese staple. The spike in rice prices followed a poor harvest in the ...