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

(Mainichi/Kengo Miura) TOKYO -- The nationwide average price of rice in Japan recently marked the first decline in 18 weeks following the release of government stockpiles, but an expert expects ...

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy. The price of the ...

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of the ...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an ...