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

Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in ...

Rice isn’t just food in Japan. It’s part of daily life, culture, and even history. For centuries, rice was used as money and ...

Japan’s rice crisis calls for a critical reassessment of agricultural policies that have weakened its food security in an increasingly unpredictable global landscape ...

"Rice is everything" in Japan, according to Firstpost, but consumers are facing a crisis: the country is running out of supplies and the price is rocketing. Extreme shortages throughout the ...

It was a relatively small amount, a little over two tons, compared with Japan’s overall shortage, but it was a big change from the country’s last rice crisis, in 1993. Then, rice imported from ...

TOKYO -- Core consumer prices in Japan rose 3.2% in March from a year earlier, as the cost of rice increased at its fastest pace in more than 50 years. Rice prices rose 92.1% in March, versus last ...

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 ...