Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

Why are rice prices soaring in Japan? After covering the issue for nearly a year since last summer, I think I now know the ...

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the ... retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to imports, which usually aren’t popular with finnicky ...

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

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the ... retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to imports, which usually aren't popular with finnicky ...