Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

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

Japan is attempting to curtail rising rice prices by targeting a reduction to 2,000 yen per 5 kg through faster supermarket distribution. Crop damage and tourism demand have surged costs, challenging ...

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

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

Although largely paused, President Trump's tariffs present a major threat to Japan's already flagging economy.

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has apologized for inappropriate remarks made by his agriculture minister amid soaring rice prices and supply shortages, but said the minister should remain in ...

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 ...