Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in ...

Despite government efforts to lower the price of rice by tapping into the nation’s emergency stockpile, the cost of Japan’s ...

Japan's rice prices rose to a record average of 4,233 yen per 5 kilograms, more than double the level a year earlier, the government said Wednesday, in a sign that its stockpile releases have had ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers questions readers may have about the rising price of rice balls in Japan, including four seaweed ...

Japan’s rice crisis calls for a critical reassessment of agricultural policies that have weakened its food security in an increasingly unpredictable global landscape ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--The average price of rice sold at around 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through April 27 hit its highest level on record dating back to March 2022 ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers questions readers may have about the rising price of rice balls in Japan, including four seaweed-wrapped "temaki" products sold at 7-Eleven convenience stores that ...

Consumers in Japan may have to brace for higher rice prices for the autumn harvest. The country's largest group of rice ...

By bno - Jakarta bureau Japan is grappling with a major rice shortage, as stores struggle to keep up with demand and soaring ...

A quarantine official at Narita Airport, saying this is due to soaring prices of the staple food in Japan.