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

Japan's rice price surge began in the summer of 2023 due to extreme weather affecting harvests, rising demand from tourists, ...

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 price of the ...

Craving a portable, savory snack with Japanese flair? This Japanese Onigiri Rice with Salmon and Nori is a perfect choic ...

Japan's staple food is in short supply and everything from bad harvests to rising tourist numbers is being blamed ...

An increasing number of Japanese tourists are visiting South Korea to buy rice, as prices continue to soar in Japan, retail industry officials say. Japanese visitors have increasingly been spotted ...

Supermarket giant Aeon last week began selling an 80-20 American-Japanese blend that’s about 10% cheaper than domestic rice ...

KENTWOOD, MI - A dessert shop specializing in Japanese doughnuts, Korean corn dogs and Boba tea has opened in the Grand ...

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

An increasing number of Japanese traveling abroad are bringing rice back home recently amid soaring prices of the staple food in the country.