At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a chance to get a kilo or so of Japanese rice for ...

The recent tumultuous rice price situation in Japan has been a rollercoaster ride. Beginning with a poor harvest in 2023 and a minor rice shortage in the late summer of 2024, many began to think Japan ...

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 of Japan – there are ...

Japan's near-record rice prices burden consumers as inflation soars. New PM Takaichi must tackle the food cost crisis.

The question of how Japanese people manage to maintain some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world while consuming rice every day has fascinated scientists, nutritionists and everyday ...

"This could lead to a shift." Officials sound alarm over 'unforeseeable' shortage in major food staple: 'We are puzzled' ...

Japan is grappling with soaring rice prices that have reached near-record highs, despite government interventions. This ...

Japan's wholesale prices rose more than expected in October as the cost of rice and other food remained stubbornly high, data ...

TOKYO — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a gift.

Whether it’s posting pictures of him eating gyudon (beef bowl) between meetings or holding rice balls at campaign stops, Shinjiro Koizumi has worked hard to portray himself as a regular Tokyoite. The ...

This edition delves into the latest on Japan’s nuclear wastewater developments, steps to enhancing food security, GABA rice ...

Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture minister of Japan, eats a rice ball during his visit to a rice farm in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture ...