WHEN a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had ...

The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled since his first purchase last summer ... nearly all of Japan's ...

The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled since his first purchase last summer ... nearly all of Japan’s ...

Japanese businesses and consumers embrace American rice amid domestic shortages and high tariffs, signaling potential market ...

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of ...

The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled ... rice - which is consumed at meals as opposed to rice used for feed or ingredients in other products - has been home-grown.