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

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

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

Rice farmers in Japan are changing their business models in a bid to satisfy domestic demand amid historically high prices.

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

A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 28, 2024. Editorial Fellow In Japan, the ruling government is weighing whether or not to put rice on the ...