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

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

Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...

Gyoda isn’t the only town in Japan that does rice paddy art, but it does have the official Guinness World Record for the largest rice paddy artwork. The exact length and width of the rice Tanjiro ...

(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is considering expanding tariff-free imports of U.S.-grown rice as part of negotiations over higher levies imposed by Washington ...

Concretely, it is said imports will be expanded through “minimum-access rice,” or Japan’s quota for rice that can be imported without a tariff. The government has set an annual quota of ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry on Wednesday began to accept bids in the third round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice. In the third round of the auction ...

Tokyo, April 20 (Jiji Press)--The historic surge in rice prices in Japan has led retailers to seek alternatives, using less expensive ingredients like barley and noodles in bento meal boxes to ...

The Japanese government is considering the possibility of proposing increasing rice imports from the United States within the existing "minimum access" system in bilateral tariff talks. Expanding ...

Rice prices at supermarkets across Japan continue to climb. The retail price nudged up for the 15th straight week, despite the government release of national stockpiles in an effort to stabilize ...