Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday's upper house election, and a loss could ...

Japan’s ongoing rice shortage is bringing greater awareness to farmers’ issues, and greater scrutiny to the long-dominant ...

Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime ...

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 high and steady.

NANYO, Japan -- On a lush green plain bordered by mountains in northern Japan's Yamagata prefecture, Nobuhiko Kurosawa does what 20 generations of his family have done before him: He grows rice ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Koizumi Shinjiro announced on Friday that the government will sell rice from its stockpiles from August for use in the production of miso soybean paste, snacks and ...

EXPLAINER-What is Japan's trade policy on rice? Of the total 767,000 tons Japan imported in the last fiscal year to March 2025, 45% came from the United States. Beyond the "minimum access" framework, ...

JOETSU, Japan – 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 ...

The Japanese government made a decision on July 1. S/ Ishiba Shigeru, Prime Minister / We will promote an increase in rice production starting with this year's harvest. The move came in response to ...

The amount of rice available on the market in Japan has increased compared to the same time last year, marking the first rise in two years and nine months. According to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture ...

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff level on Japan, while his top economic adviser said the White House aims to finalize deals with partners after the July 4 holiday.Trump’s ...