Japanese consumers embraced Korean rice for the first time in 35 years, finding it more familiar than other types of foreign ...

WHEN a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had ...

Japan's rice price surge began in the summer of 2023 due to extreme weather affecting harvests, rising demand from tourists, ...

Japan's longstanding rejection of foreign-grown rice is eroding in the face of skyrocketing prices. Case in point: The ...

In Japan, rice is more than just a grain; it is central to daily meals, festivals, spiritual offerings, and even language ...

The Japanese government is considering expanding tariff-free imports of U.S.-grown rice as part of negotiations over higher ...

A shortage has seen wholesale domestic prices hit record highs. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Facing a severe rice shortage and skyrocketing prices, Japan is increasingly turning to foreign rice varieties. This shift ...

Rice is a staple food for billions of people around the planet, but a new study suggests climate change may increase arsenic ...

With the price of rice skyrocketing, sake breweries are being left high and dry, struggling to procure raw ingredients as ...

nearly all of Japan's so-called staple rice - which is consumed at meals as opposed to rice used for feed or ingredients in other products - has been home-grown. There hasn't been much need for ...