If Japan and the United States promote cooperation in this field, it is also expected to benefit Japan. Additionally, the Japanese government is considering expanding imports of U.S.-grown rice. Add ...

In the field of disaster prevention, which has become my life’s work, Japan is promoting cooperation through the development of flood control and early warning systems, drawing on its experience ...

Loading "On tariffs, we've already taken immediate measures such as bypassing the U.S. when we export from Japan to Canada," Komatsu chief executive Takuya Imayoshi told an earnings briefing.

This is the shocking moment a huge crocodile was caught swimming through rice fields in Indonesia. The 14ft reptile initially went beneath villagers' homes before making its way into the flooded ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Japan's private sector is expected to import roughly 20 times more rice in fiscal 2025 than the year before, as a historic surge in the price of the staple grain leads restaurants and ...

Japan currently imports approximately 770,000 tons globally every year tariff-free, the sources said. Japan has traditionally protected its domestic rice industry in trade negotiations, but the ...

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 ...

A Japan-based company affiliated with South Korean agricultural cooperatives says it has imported rice from South Korea to Japan. The company, established 26 years ago, says it imported two tons ...

One major source of visitors will be the many schools across Japan that were given free tickets so students can experience this rare event. However, one junior high school decided to forego their free ...

TOKYO: Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Japan’s Yomiuri daily ...

Japan’s consumer inflation picked up last month, bolstered in part by surging rice prices, supporting the central bank’s stance on a gradual rate hike path before US tariff measures clouded the ...