It’s eaten with almost every meal, but a shortage of rice has sent prices soaring in Japan. The crisis has forced the ...

The question of how Japanese people manage to maintain some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world while consuming ...

Rice prices in Japan are no laughing matter, as food vendor Hokka Hokka Tei found on Tuesday when an April Fools’ prank went ...

The jump in rice prices in Japan has led to an increase in less expensive imports of the staple food. Those products are now showing up on more supermarket shelves.

The Japanese fast food chain Sukiya is temporarily closing its nearly 2,000 locations after a rat was found in soup a ...

Increasing rice production for exports would help expand supply flexibility as rice could be diverted for domestic ...

Private imports of overseas rice have been increasing rapidly in Japan due to shortages in the domestic market. In the fiscal ...

One of Japan's biggest restaurant chains is closing its outlets for deep cleaning, after two incidents of customers finding ...

It’s eaten with almost every meal, used to make sushi, made into sweets, fermented into alcohol and offered to the spirits at religious ceremonies. Rice is everywhere in the diet of Japan ...