Whether you opt for an homage to tomato season or a trompe l’oiel Japanese streetwear bag, it’s the best time of year to hit ...

Japan's annual "Golden Week" holiday period gets into full swing Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent soaring by ...

Japan’s rice crisis calls for a critical reassessment of agricultural policies that have weakened its food security in an ...

By bno - Jakarta bureau Japan is grappling with a major rice shortage, as stores struggle to keep up with demand and soaring ...

Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

THE National Food Authority's (NFA) rice buffer stocks have reached a five-year high of 7.17 million 50-kilogram bags, the agency said on Tuesday, enough for nine days of national consumption. The ...

Although the volume remains modest, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reports that a further 20 tonnes are expected to arrive shortly. As of early April, the average price for a five-kilogramme bag of ...

The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday said it has grown its rice buffer stock to its highest level in five years. In a statement, the NFA said it has built a buffer stock of about 7.17 million ...

Rice has mentioned that winning is a priority and that could be much more difficult in a loaded Big Ten Conference. According to Jeff Goodman, USC is “offering a bag” for Rice to join the Trojans’ ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — The historic surge in rice prices in Japan has led retailers to seek alternatives, using less expensive ingredients like barley and noodles in bento meal boxes to curb ...

(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) The Japanese government on April 9 announced ... In March, I saw a 2-kilogram bag of rice at a supermarket priced at roughly 2,200 yen (about $15).

Surging rice prices in Japan have opened a rare window of opportunity for South Korean producers to export the staple food to the country. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since ...