When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of the ...

Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

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

Canada’s largest Asian grocery store is opening a U.S. division in Brea with eyes on more stores for the region.

When Cold Stone arrived in Japan in 2005, it was a near-instant hit, with long lines of customers at just about every branch excitedly listening to the singing staff as they waited for their order.

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

SINGAPORE] The United States administration’s tariffs have roiled markets, sparking concerns over a full-blown trade war and ...

(Reuters) -British financial services firm NewDay Group has attracted takeover interest for parts or all of its business, ...

Sales in value terms grew on higher prices including for food, especially rice and vegetables, but sales in volume terms ...