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

* Yields of government bonds with the longest maturities have risen sharply - not just in the United States, where the ...

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

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

Japanese inflation spiked at a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on ...

Japan’s rice prices have surged over 150%, triggering supermarket rationing, emergency reserves, and a ministerial ...

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 ...