TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's upcoming upper house election is set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi newspaper reported on ...

The resurgence of a major rice pest is a headache for growers in Japan.

Japan will hold a tender for tariff-free imported staple rice this month, earlier than the usual auction in September, to ...

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

This year's first auction for rice as staple food will take place on June 27 instead of the usual September, agriculture ...

The late afternoon sun sets both sky and rice paddies ablaze in orange and red light in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, a ...

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

Although it launched on June 5, the Nintendo Switch 2 is still only being sold via lottery in Japan, which means you can’t ...

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

Japan is taking more action to tackle shortages and soaring prices of rice, releasing more from stockpiles into the domestic ...

Awaji Island is an ideal cycling destination located in Japan's picturesque Inland Sea. It is the legendary birthplace of ...