Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said ...

Rice prices Japan's hot political issue, on and off the farm Rice shortages caused by a supply chain snarl-up have fuelled frustration over inflation. Photo: Richard A. Brooks / AFP Source: AFP ...

Photo / Richard A. Brooks via AFP. All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, ...

US President Donald Trump has publicly criticised Japan for not importing more US rice, calling the country ‘spoiled’ in a ...

The Farm Ministry responded to the price of rice with the release of 300,000 tons of reserved rice through July. The government had already released 321,000 tons of rice between March and April as ...

Data on Monday showed supermarket rice prices rising again in the week through May 11, to 4,268 yen ($29.73) for a 5 kg bag, after falling for the first time in 18 weeks.

File photo by Spencer Robb/CNS. ... The cool crop factor also applies to Boundbrook Farm’s rice. The farm sells to specialty retailers, restaurants and consumers who pre-order it from an email list.

Japan aims to secure the country’s food security without sending prices into freefall. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

For the Rauns, this political drama is just the latest setback to befall Texas rice farmers. In the industry’s heyday, around sixty years ago, the state’s rice belt boasted some 600,000 acres ...

That saw the amount of land used for rice paddies -- not including for livestock feed -- plunge below 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) in 2024, from a peak of 3.3 million hectares in 1960.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's farm minister Taku Eto apologised on Monday after saying he had "never had to buy rice" thanks to gifts from supporters, angering consumers grappling with sky-high prices ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, ... in this photo released by Kyodo.