Even today, rice farming cooperatives and rural communities remain deeply rooted throughout Japan, forming the foundation of ...

Japan’s ongoing rice shortage is bringing greater awareness to farmers’ issues, and greater scrutiny to the long-dominant ...

Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime ...

Prices soar 99.2% in June year-on-year as support for Shigeru Ishiba sinks to a record low ahead of weekend polls.

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...

While Japan’s rice crisis is especially severe, it’s also part of a broader trend: Food prices around the world have been ...

Yet a turning point in human history is underway. According to UN projections, the number of people in 85 countries will be ...

With elections coming in Japan, the threat of U.S. tariffs is forcing its prime minister to start talking tougher, and is getting people to rethink long-held assumptions about relations with the U.S.

As a country whose history has been closely tied to rice cultivation, Japan's current Reiwa rice crisis is worse than just a ...

From June 30 to July 3, 2025, around 15,000 delegates from over 190 countries gathered in Sevilla, Spain to take part in the Fourth International Conference on “Financing for Development” or FfD4. The ...