Mibu no Hana Taue, a rice planting ritual to pray for a good harvest, took place on June 1 in Kita-Hiroshima, Hiroshima ...

Government-stockpiled rice aiming at resolving persisting price rises displayed at Ito-Yokado grocery store, a subsidiary of Seven & i Holdings, in Tokyo, Japan May 31, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] TOKYO -- ...

Bags of the government's stockpiled rice arrive at a wholesaler's warehouse in Hokkaido, Japan, on Monday. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/AP The Japanese government's announcement that it would sell 300,000 ...

When the restaurant closed, Nyguen started working at Issei Noodle, an Asian restaurant with locations in Carlisle and Lancaster, known for its ramen among other Japanese, Vietnamese, and Thai/Laotian ...

Rice grown in paddies and harvested by farmers is accumulated as unpolished rice by collection agents such as Japan Agriculture Cooperatives (JA). The rice is then delivered to wholesalers and, after ...

A complex distribution system considered unique to Japan’s rice industry has been pointed to as a cause of the shortage of ...

Japan is not often considered to be a nation of unrest. But it takes rice seriously. Eto Taku, the country’s agriculture ...

NAGOYA, Japan >> Aichi prefecture is striving to increase rice production amid high rice prices across Japan. But the ...

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One way would be to ensure there is a consistent and predictable yield year by year. For two years in a row, beginning in the ...