TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese supermarket rice prices rose for the 16th straight week and doubled from a year ago, the ...

Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a ...

Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

Facing a severe rice shortage and skyrocketing prices, Japan is increasingly turning to foreign rice varieties. This shift ...

Japan’s release of rice stockpiles has so far failed to stem soaring prices for the domestic staple, leaving consumers still ...

Exports of rice from Taiwan to Japan have been increasing in the past few years, and this year it would supply the Japan Self ...

A shortage has seen wholesale domestic prices hit record highs. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

His willingness to embrace foreign rice may presage a seismic change in mindset for Japanese businesses and consumers ... who ...

In Japan, rice is more than just a grain; it is central to daily meals, festivals, spiritual offerings, and even language ...

A study of 12,213 Japanese workers found no link between hypertension and the traditional Japanese diet, but a modified ...

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of the ...