All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

A guide to Japan’s rice from past harvests, currently being released from government stockpiles in a bid to tackle high ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says that sales of stockpiled rice will widen to stores across the country on Friday.

The government will auction off the first batch of duty-free rice for the year on June 27, about three months earlier than usual, said Shinjiro Koizumi, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries ...

The upcoming Upper House election has been set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday, citing ...

The late afternoon sun sets both sky and rice paddies ablaze in orange and red light in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's upcoming upper house election is set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi newspaper reported on ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

The resurgence of a major rice pest is a headache for growers in Japan.

Japan will hold a tender for tariff-free imported staple rice this month, earlier than the usual auction in September, to ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...