STORY: After extreme weather ravaged Japan’s rice harvest last year, the country is grappling with a stark shortage of a food that many see as a crucial staple there. Supermarkets across the country ...

A rice field in Mito, Japan, where farmers are being encouraged to grow more of the staple crop to make up for shortages on store shelves, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach) ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has ...

TOKYO -- Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister, with Donald Trump. Only the first 100,000 tonnes of imported ‘staple rice’ can enter Japan tariff-free - Kent Nishimura/Reuters Japan’s attempt to strike a deal ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national crisis that has caught policymakers and consumers ...

Tokyo, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)--The projected harvest of Japan's 2025 staple rice as of Oct. 25 stood at 7,468,000 tons, up 10 pct from the previous year's crop of 6,792,000 tons, according to ...

The recent tumultuous rice price situation in Japan has been a rollercoaster ride. Beginning with a poor harvest in 2023 and a minor rice shortage in the late summer of 2024, many began to think Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...