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

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

As the campaign period for the House of Councillors election has officially kicked off, recent issues surrounding rice -- ...

For Japanese, rice is more than just a staple food. Cultivated in the country for more than 2,000 years, rice is considered ...

Emiko Ohnuki-Tiernay discusses rice's profound cultural significance in Japan, tracing its historical roots from ancient ...

Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance ...

Japan’s attempt to strike a deal with the US before Donald Trump’s deadline next week has hit an unlikely sticking point: ...

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said ...

Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a ...

Negotiations have stalled ahead of next week’s deadline, with some suggesting Japan misjudged the depth of President Trump’s ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims ...

A survey shows Japan's growers and wholesalers expect rice prices to drop over the next three months as government stockpiles ...