Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in ...

Japan’s rice supply debacle continues as the government is now seeking to lower the price of its stockpiled grain, and focus ...

The government has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March, but that has yet to translate to lower prices.

Farm minister resigns amid outrage as staple grain doubles in price, exposing deeper fault lines in agriculture and politics.

Not everywhere in Japan is suffering from overtourism, says Kate Crockett – the rural Noto Peninsula is welcoming tourists ...

The craft flew over a 1000-square-meter rice paddy, scattering seeds treated beforehand ... Alarmed by the prospect of Japan’s agriculture vanishing, Takamoto decided to join hands with Nobeoka ...

Wajima officials say rice will be planted this year on about 250 of the 1,000 paddies that have been restored. A 44-year-old woman from Nara Prefecture said she took part because she wanted to ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito planted rice seedlings at a paddy inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday. The Emperor's grandfather, late Emperor Showa, started the tradition as a way to ...

The group’s psychedelic sensory playgrounds of light, sound, stars, bubbles, birds and more are expanding around the globe, dazzling millions of visitors a year.

“Mona Lisa,” by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), and “Kohan” (Lakeside), by renowned Japanese artist Seiki Kuroda (1866-1924), were re-created on roughly 15,000 square meters of a rice paddy ...