Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

TOKYO — Japan’s agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts.

Japan's supermarket operators have been strengthening sales of cheaper, foreign-grown rice, offering another choice to ...

As rice prices remain high in Japan amid shortages, imported rice has become a more common sight in supermarkets. While it is ...