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

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

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

Japanese supermarket rice prices rose for the 16th straight week and doubled from a year ago, the agriculture ministry said ...

Rice prices at supermarkets around Japan rose for the 17th straight week, despite the release of thousands of tons from the ...

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 ...

A seismic change in mindset for Japanese businesses and consumers could allow Tokyo leeway to relax some restrictions if rice ...

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

Rice in Japan's supermarkets hit a record-high average of 4,220 yen including tax (some $30) for 5 kilograms over April 14 to ...

The shortage is affecting daily life in Japan, where rice’s myriad uses include sushi and alcohol as well as ancestral ceremonies. Restaurants are hiking prices and no longer giving free rice ...