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

As the campaign period for the House of Councillors election has officially kicked off, recent issues surrounding rice -- ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance ...

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

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

The new policy, if successful, would prevent a recurrence by allocating 350,000 tons of rice for export in 2030 - an eight-fold jump from 45,000 tons in 2024 - that could be redirected to the ...

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

Negotiations have stalled ahead of next week’s deadline, with some suggesting Japan misjudged the depth of President Trump’s ...