U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in April, contributed an opinion piece to the Mainichi ...

The Japanese government on Friday vowed to explore new overseas markets and provide support for more efficient production as part of efforts to increase rice exports in response to an envisioned ...

Japan's agriculture ministry has begun accepting applications from small and mid-sized retailers to buy government-stockpiled ...

Persistent rice overproduction in Japan means that soaring rice prices are a symptom of systemic issues within Japan’s rice ...

Japan paused its sale of rice reserves after seeing a fast response from retailers, in a positive sign for the government’s ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan aims to drastically cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kg and speed up getting rice ...

Japan will sell additional stockpiles of rice at a fixed price with an aim to halve soaring costs, newly-appointed ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

Japan’s farm minister Taku Eto stepped down on Wednesday following public outrage over one hot-button issue: rice.

Japan’s farm minister Taku Eto stepped down on Wednesday, domestic media reported, following public outrage over his comments ...

Japan aims to cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms (11 lb) and get rice onto shop shelves more ...