A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

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Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring prices, the agricultural minister said Wednesday. After rice prices nearly doubled year-on ...

The Japanese government will release additional stockpiled rice every month until the end of July to stabilize soaring prices, farm minister Taku Eto said Wednesday. The announcement comes as price ...

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 ...

Scientists in Japan have conducted a field experiment in rice plantations hosting agrivoltaics systems and have found that ...

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 ...