The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the average age of ... Whatever the cause of the shortages, retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to ...

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the ... retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to imports, which usually aren’t popular with finicky ...

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the ... retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to imports, which usually aren’t popular with finnicky ...

For Japan and many other countries, the vulnerability that comes with relying on U.S. markets has become startlingly clear.