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

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. It ...

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

But they underscore the country’s rice crisis, which began in summer last year after a heat wave in 2023 led to a smaller and poorer-quality harvest that fall. Over the past two years ...

labelled Eto's remarks as insensitive and denounced the government's handling of the rice crisis. A senior member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said Eto is unfit to serve as ...

This rice crisis was not inevitable but rather self-inflicted through decades of misguided agricultural policies. Unlike natural disasters or external shocks, Japan deliberately dismantled its rice ...

The agriculture ministry says its January survey revealed that 19 of Japan's 47 prefectures plan to increase their rice paddies this year. Nationwide, the land used to grow table rice is forecast ...

Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in Japan and spurring the possibility of a policy shift for a market ...