If you’ve ever fallen head over heels for Japanese food, you’ll know it’s a delightful surprise. From the delicate balance of ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a policy blueprint focused on wage hikes, setting a target of approximately 1 percent real pay growth annually over a five-year period to encourage consumer ...

This meal has barley rice, cabbage miso soup and milk. And the main dish is...Just one piece of karaage or Japanese ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

A guide to Japan’s rice from past harvests, currently being released from government stockpiles in a bid to tackle high ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says that sales of stockpiled rice will widen to stores across the country on Friday.

The government will auction off the first batch of duty-free rice for the year on June 27, about three months earlier than usual, said Shinjiro Koizumi, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's upcoming upper house election is set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi newspaper reported on ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

The resurgence of a major rice pest is a headache for growers in Japan.