The Japanese are protecting a dinosaur, but it’s a dinosaur with a lot of clout. U.S. farm groups want Japanese trade restrictions, including those for rice, lifted - further opening a market ...

Koda Farms is changing. The fields of this family farm just outside of Dos Palos in our San Joaquin Valley will be different. Ross and Robin Koda are harvesting their last rice crop, ending a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, posing a fresh challenge to ...

Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance to foreign grain.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's farm minister Taku Eto apologised on Monday after saying he had "never had to buy rice" thanks to gifts from supporters, angering consumers grappling with sky-high prices ...

Japan's network of agricultural cooperatives, JA, which plays a key role in rice production and distribution, says the number of rice-farming households has "steadily shrunk" from about 4.66 ...

This once-thriving community of 16,000 people now has a population of one. In this nuclear no-man's land poisoned by radiation from a disaster-battered power plant, rice farmer Naoto Matsumura ...

Extreme shortages throughout the country have led to the Japanese government auctioning off its emergency rice stockpile for the first time. The debut auction in March saw 142,000 tons of grain up ...

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. Soichiro Koriyama—Getty Images ...

TOKYO — Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, posing a fresh challenge to Prime Minister ...