Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national ...

The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

I made an extremely inappropriate remark at a time when consumers are struggling with soaring rice prices,” Taku Eto said.

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time ...

Extreme shortages throughout the country have led to the Japanese government auctioning off its emergency rice stockpile for the first time. The debut auction in March saw 142,000 tons of grain up ...

Soaring rice prices and increased consumer frugality are driving changes in dining habits of Japanese, including adding glutinous barley to rice and switching from rice to alternatives like bread ...

Prices of mainstay ingredients in the dish – spices, meat and vegetables – have also gone up. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO-When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan in 2024, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: He switched to an American variety.

"Rice is everything" in Japan, according to Firstpost, but consumers are facing a crisis: the country is running out of supplies and the price is rocketing. Extreme shortages throughout the ...