In Japan, no meal is complete without rice. The staple is found in everything from sushi to a McDonald’s burger bun. But now the country, so reliant on rice, is facing a crisis – it appears to be ...

Rice is everywhere in the diet of Japan – there are at least six ways in Japanese to describe the grain, from unhusked to ready to eat. It’s so popular that McDonald’s there added a burger ...

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South Korea cooked eel stock videos & royalty-free footage Anago Tendon which is Sea Eel Tempura Rice Bowl. Tempura donburi in Japan あなご天丼. An eel on the path sticks out its tongue, wild animals in ...

When Genki Sakurai began working for his family’s rice farm 17 years ago, there were more than a dozen rice farmers in his neighborhood in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Now, he says ...

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 ...

From balanced meals to mindful living, Japan’s way of life holds secrets the rest of the world could benefit from adopting. Rice isn’t just food in Japan—it’s a national treasure.

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.

In Japan, people love eating unagi so much that they dedicated a day to consuming the freshwater eel. Buttery, smoky, and fantastic with rice, these restaurants serving unagi don in Singapore means ...

Tokyo (CNN) — It’s eaten with almost every meal, used to make sushi, made into sweets, fermented into alcohol and offered to the spirits at religious ceremonies. Rice is everywhere in the diet ...

22, 2025. (Mainichi/Wataru Okubo) The Japanese government has announced plans to increase production of rice and significantly boost exports. This marks a change of course for Japan's agricultural ...