There was some levity during the visit as an excited group of Japanese schoolchildren were left star struck after they waved ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan is not importing U.S. rice, saying the misconception should be corrected. Ishiba's comment, ...

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

KITAKAMI, Iwate Prefecture―An 81-year-old woman was killed in a suspected bear attack in her living room here on July 4, according to police.

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

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

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

For thousands of years, in cultures everywhere, people have been fermenting food to preserve and improve its flavor. In ...

Many respondents cited the price of rice as a key factor, with some saying they are struggling to put enough food on the ...

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

As a Wednesday deadline approaches for steeper US tariffs to hit dozens of economies ranging from the EU to India, trade ...

Spending by Japan's households marked a first year-on-year increase in two months in May. They spent more on cars and travel.