BANGKOK/TOKYO -- Thai rice farmers facing low prices in the domestic market hope to take advantage of Japan's stubbornly high ...

JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively ...

TOKYO >> 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 ...

TOKYO -- Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has ...

The recent tumultuous rice price situation in Japan has been a rollercoaster ride. Beginning with a poor harvest in 2023 and a minor rice shortage in the late summer of 2024, many began to think Japan ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan — Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look after the lush fields at the base of Mount Daisetsu. The pristine snowmelt ...

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition Japan is facing a rice shortage. Online sellers and grocery stores are struggling to meet the demand for this crucial staple. Historically ...

ZAMA, Japan – A rice-planting event held near Camp Zama offered community members from the installation the chance to take part in a pastime that holds both cultural and culinary significance in Japan ...

Over nearly a dozen courses, the tasting menu at one-Michelin-starred Nisei does what should be impossible, transporting diners to two places simultaneously. Chef David Yoshimura keeps one foot ...