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

A huge portrait of Tanjiro is being being planned using an unusual medium - and they are looking for volunteers to help ...

Explore the significance of rice in Asia, from its historical roots and diverse culinary uses to the breathtaking rice ...

Since long before the rest of the world caught on to their appeal, tangy, pickled ingredients have been a staple in many of ...

Japan will continue releasing rice from its strategic reserves in an effort to curb skyrocketing prices, the government announced April 9. The stockpiles—established nearly 30 years ago to ...

Government-stockpiled rice bags arrive at a rice mill in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on March 18. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN VIA AP IMAGES Private imports of overseas rice have been increasing rapidly in ...

Japan is drawing fresh attention for the opportunities posed by its relatively affordable prices despite strong demand from domestic collectors. "When asked where Asia's largest art market is ...

After President Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan pivoted from a large scale implementation on practically every country in the world this week to a targeted further increase on imports from China ...

TOKYO—Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring prices, the agricultural minister said Wednesday. After rice prices nearly doubled ...

Maybe the whole sellers are stockpiling rice but not families ... but the number of abandoned fields and farm houses which I see all over Kansai (I travel often) and beyond point to a deleterious ...

The retail price for five kilograms of rice in the last week of March was 4,206 yen ($29), up 104.5 percent year-on-year. Japan is aiming to boost its rice exports almost eightfold to 350,000 ...