Japan is considering using increased rice imports from the U.S. as a negotiating tool in tariff talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to various media reports.

Surging rice prices in Japan have opened a rare window of opportunity for South Korean producers to export the staple food to the country. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry on Wednesday began to accept bids in the third round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice. In the third round of the auction ...

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy. The price of the grain ...

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday (Apr 18), as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy. The price of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the U.S. over President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Japan's Yomiuri ...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an ...