The first shipment of 500 tons of Vietnam’s low-carbon footprint rice set sail for Japan on June 5, marking the international ...

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

"Rice is everything" in Japan, according to Firstpost, but consumers are facing a crisis: the country is running out of supplies and the price is rocketing. Extreme shortages throughout the ...

Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long ...

Persistent rice overproduction in Japan means that soaring rice prices are a symptom of systemic issues within Japan’s rice ...

“We really need more sustainable rice farming methods,” says Yamazaki ... recognize the significance of Japanese culture around paddy fields and rice cultivation,” says Ichihashi.

Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in ...