All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

A guide to Japan’s rice from past harvests, currently being released from government stockpiles in a bid to tackle high ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

Local governments in Japan are carrying out "rice aid" programs for residents amid soaring rice prices, mostly using national ...

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi suggested Friday that his ministry will drastically review ...

Reports about fraudulent online rice shops to consumer affairs centers around the country spiked to 335 cases in April and ...

Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

Sent back to the minors last September, Rice added 10 pounds of muscle and worked relentlessly on his swing in the offseason.

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...