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U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in April, contributed an opinion piece to the Mainichi ...

(Mainichi/Toru Watanabe) TOKYO -- The Japanese supermarket Aeon Co. will start selling new rice called "Karoyaka" from the U.S. state of California on June 6. They will do this because rice from ...

Nineteen Japanese companies have applied to purchase the government's stockpiled rice, with contracts expected to be ...

Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

Aeon – Japan's largest retail group – plans to increase the number of hypermarkets, also known as "Super Supermarket (SSM)" and general merchandise stores (GMS) in Vietnam from 12 as of February 2025 ...

The final round of the Twinfields Ladies on the women's second-tier Step Up tour in central Japan was cancelled after a bear ...

Osaka-based 3Coins store to open in mid-July in Hysan Place; firm plans to sell Japanese grocery products and other items.

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto apologised on Monday after saying he had "never had to buy rice" thanks to gifts from ...