Rice grown in dry fields in the first year of trial cultivation has been harvested here recently to the joy of the people ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look ...

TOKYO -- Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national crisis that has caught policymakers and consumers ...

Over nearly a dozen courses, the tasting menu at one-Michelin-starred Nisei does what should be impossible, transporting diners to two places simultaneously. Chef David Yoshimura keeps one foot ...

Over the course of July, Japan recorded a small month-on-month fall in one of the country’s most sensitive — and too often ...