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 ...

A rice field in Mito, Japan, where farmers are being encouraged to grow more of the staple crop to make up for shortages on store shelves, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach) ...

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 ...

BANGKOK/TOKYO -- Thai rice farmers facing low prices in the domestic market hope to take advantage of Japan's stubbornly high ...

In Japan, the ruling government is weighing whether or not to put rice on the table. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have forced countries around the world—most recently announced, China—to take a ...

TOKYO >> 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 ...

TOKYO (AP) -- 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 ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan — Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look after the lush fields at the base of Mount Daisetsu. The pristine snowmelt ...

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 ...

Last fall, shelves in the rice section of supermarkets were almost bare. Any available rice’s prices had shot up. Venues like bars and coffee shops showcased rice at their front windows at a premium.

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 ...

Japan to implement new agricultural policy for rice from 2027 Rice shortage leads to historic price spike and exposes limitations of old policy Trump pressures Japan on closed rice market as tariff ...