While Japan’s rice crisis is especially severe, it’s also part of a broader trend: Food prices around the world have been ...

By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

Fears of a recession are mounting in the world's fourth-largest economy, after export to the US declined for the second month ...

The decrease in exports was a reversal of the 0.5% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters, and comes amid a lack of a ...

Japan has reported a trade deficit of 2.2 trillion yen ($15 billion) for the first six month of this year as exports were hit by President Donald Trump's higher tariffs.

U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that Japan was not buying American rice, putting pressure on Tokyo as it struggles ...

STORY: Japanese farmer Kazuhachi Hosaka has been growing rice for 30 years.But over that time, he’s seen his industry ...

Shinjiro Koizumi’s reformist drive is testing the loyalty of Japan's rural population — the LDP’s most dependable voter bloc.

The average price of rice at supermarkets in Japan has fallen for a seventh straight week. Yet it remains higher than a year ...

The price of rice in Japan has more than doubled since 2024, while in neighbouring South Korea the grain is practically being ...

Japan sank into a trade deficit of 2.2 trillion yen ($15 billion) for the first six month of this year, according to ...

Retail rice prices in Japan have fallen for seven weeks in a row, on the back of wider availability of cheaper supplies of ...