Reversing its longstanding policy, the government plans to release stockpiled rice for emergency use if distribution problems occur, not just when there is a bad harvest. The Jan. 31 decision by ...

This year, the harvest is early, and the best season will be until mid-March. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children.

The sight of roadside stalls filled with delicacies made from rice, jaggery, and sesame seeds signals the arrival of the harvest festival. Celebrated across India under various names, it brings ...

Rice prices at supermarkets in Japan have almost ... Prices have been rising since last summer amid a shortage before the fall harvest was brought in. But the continued increases have defied ...

While consumers have suffered from shortages of rice on store shelves across the nation, exports of the Japanese staple food ... But utilizing the harvest to be otherwise delivered to the global ...

Rice prices at supermarkets across Japan have ... Prices started rising since last summer amid a shortage before the fall harvest was brought in. But the continued increases have defied ...