as part of a new mechanism to prevent future rice shortages in Japan. A steady reduction in rice acreage has led to an over-curbing of production, creating the current rice shortage and the sharp ...

Japan is releasing rice from its national emergency stockpile for the first time to combat shortages. High temperatures reducing rice production and stockpiling are thought to be behind the problem.

But there’s more to the story. Japan doesn’t have enough rice, a pillar of its diet. A shortage forced supermarkets to implement buying limits, and soaring prices have driven restaurants to ...

“Look at Japan, tariffing rice 700%,” US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday during a press conference. She pointed to a chart that appeared to list tariff percentages from countries ...

Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030, a ministry official said Thursday, despite currently suffering a domestic shortage of the grain. The country's rice consumption has ...

This general view shows government stockpiled rice piled up in a warehouse in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Feb 18, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Agriculture ...

Japanese retail giant Aeon said Wednesday that it will sell a blend of rice produced in Japan and the United States. Under the name "Nisui no Takumi," the blended rice will be sold from around ...

The amount of rice a household in Japan bought in 2024 rose 6.3 percent from a year earlier despite soaring prices, government data showed Saturday, as fears of a shortage of the main staple likely ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt created a stir in Japan on Wednesday when she accused Japan of imposing a 700% tariff on American rice as an example of what the U.S. government views ...

Rice shortages driven by factors from poor harvests caused by hot weather to panic-buying over a "megaquake" warning last summer have caused prices to nearly double over a year. Exacerbating the ...

TOKYO -- The drastic rise of rice prices in Japan has not stopped households from buying more of the dietary staple. The price of rice jumped by 70.9% in January from a year earlier, consumer ...