Just 90km from Ho Chi Minh City, this picturesque road in An Nhut slices through fields that glow in green and gold — and the internet can’t get enough. For the past two years, as the rice begins to ...

A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention ... production when there are shortages and fields available?” Mr. Kanno asked.

Japan is releasing rice from its national emergency stockpile for the first time to combat shortages. High temperatures reducing rice production and stockpiling are thought to be behind the problem.

“Look at Japan, tariffing rice 700%,” US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday during a press conference. She pointed to a chart that appeared to list tariff percentages from countries ...