New agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki on Thursday indicated a potential shift in the policy of increasing rice production ...

Japanese retail and dining chains are boosting their in-house rice production to stabilize supply. The move comes amid continued shortages and high prices of the staple grain.

Whether it’s posting pictures of him eating gyudon (beef bowl) between meetings or holding rice balls at campaign stops, Shinjiro Koizumi has worked hard to portray himself as a regular Tokyoite. The ...

Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Japan has been contending with a rice shortage ...

The recent tumultuous rice price situation in Japan has been a rollercoaster ride. Beginning with a poor harvest in 2023 and a minor rice shortage in the late summer of 2024, many began to think Japan ...

SANJŌ, Japan — All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government ...

In response to soaring supermarket rice prices, the Japanese government released 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency reserves in February 2025, despite an abundance of rice production in the ...

JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively ...

Onigiri rice balls are surging in popularity, with specialty outlets opening around the country and sales at convenience ...

Korean rice exports to Japan, which had not shipped a single grain last year, have surged dramatically this year. From ...

Vietnam and Japan should collaborate in agricultural robotics, mechanisation, carbon monitoring and reduction, advanced ...

Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture minister of Japan, eats a rice ball during his visit to a rice farm in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Credit - Soichiro Koriyama—Getty ...