Last year shoppers looking to buy rice faced empty shelves. Rice is now available, but prices remain high: in March the cost ...

Japan's core inflation probably accelerated in March from the previous month as rice prices rose, a Reuters poll showed, a ...

It’s eaten with almost every meal, but a shortage of rice has sent prices soaring in Japan. The crisis has forced the ...

The question of how Japanese people manage to maintain some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world while consuming ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...

The Japanese government has announced plans to increase production of rice and significantly boost exports. This marks a ...

In Japan, the first batch of 150,000 tons of ... udon and pasta. “I prefer rice as a staple food since it is more filling. Also, since I have school-age children, rice is essential for their ...

While consumers have suffered from shortages of rice on store shelves across the nation, exports of the Japanese staple food have been booming. Producers shipped a record amount of rice overseas ...