Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata -- Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a meeting here on July 7, calling it irresponsible ...

STORY: Japanese farmer Kazuhachi Hosaka has been growing rice for 30 years.But over that time, he’s seen his industry ...

Paul Serra says the country risks being shut out of Japan’s lucrative market unless Canberra steps up diplomatic efforts.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. He says that ...

For Japanese, rice is more than just a staple food. Cultivated in the country for more than 2,000 years, rice is considered ...

Donald Trump’s insistence that “spoiled” Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s problems ...