Japan's staple food is in short supply and everything from bad harvests to rising tourist numbers is being blamed ...

It’s eaten with almost every meal, but a shortage of rice has sent prices soaring in Japan. The crisis has forced the ...

Last year shoppers looking to buy rice faced empty shelves. Rice is now available, but prices remain high: in March the cost ...

In Japan, rice is everything. From sushi to sweets, the staple is part of every meal. However, prices have been rising ...

Rice is everywhere in the diet of Japan – there are at least six ways in Japanese to describe the grain, from unhusked to ready to eat. It’s so popular that McDonald’s there added a burger ...

Faced with an unprecedented rice crisis, Japan turned to its strategic reserves to stabilize soaring prices, a rare move that ...

Japan is selling off its emergency rice stash for the first time since 1995 because prices have doubled, and would you ...

The future of one of the world’s most important foodstuffs is mired in a stew of science, politics and economics ...