Japan's farm ministry has revised upward its estimate for rice demand for the year through June 2025 to around 7.1 million tons, up 400,000 tons from the initial projection released last year, a ...

The average rice price at supermarkets in Japan has fallen for a ninth straight week. The agriculture ministry released its ...

An increasing number of Japanese consumers in Gunma Prefecture, which has one of the highest ratios of foreign residents per ...

Japan will import more rice from the United States but within the existing tariff-free quota, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

Various varieties of rice are planted in the right positions. A unique image is created on the surface of the fields. This ...

The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the last year. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Pittsburgh scholar Kay ...

Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm ...

Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and other commercial wholesalers have been 400,000 tons short of last year's levels, hitting a record low 1.53 million tons as of June, farm ministry ...

The increase in rice prices slowed marginally to a 100.2% increase year over year, down from 101.7% in May.

But in Japan, it’s become a stark reality as a rice shortage sends prices soaring. A 5 kilogram (11 pound) bag of rice cost 4 ...

The Trump administration has threatened Japan with 25 percent tariffs. River Akira Davis, our Tokyo correspondent, explains ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims ...