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

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek experienced record-breaking heat in Japan on his walking journey. Salopek witnessed ...

If farmers install solar panels over their rice fields, their overall revenue, including income from selling solar-generated electricity, can ...

Gyoda City in Japan plans to create a portrait of Tanjiro out of a rice paddy, inviting volunteers to help in this unique art project. The Tanjiro rice paddy project celebrates the release of ...

Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

Gyoda isn’t the only town in Japan that does rice paddy art, but it does have the official Guinness World Record for the largest rice paddy artwork. The exact length and width of the rice Tanjiro ...

Tanbo Art or rice paddy art is a type of Japanese art where people strategically plant different colored varieties of rice to create giant images when the rice fields are flooded in the summer.

A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 28, 2024. Credit - Buddhika Weerasinghe—Bloomberg/Getty Images In Japan, the ruling government is ...