As Japan’s rice farmers prepare for a new planting season, many will be hoping that this summer brings a reprieve from 2023’s brutal weather conditions. Niigata Prefecture, for example, typically ...

The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has effectively walked back the previous administration's policy of expanding production of rice, Japan's staple food, under pressure from farming ...

Record high temperatures in Japan could curb the country’s rice production, threatening to create shortages of the staple grain and fresh price spikes as public resentment mounts over the cost of ...

An official of the Tohoku Regional Agricultural Administration Office, second from right in the background, explains the direction of the government's policy to boost rice production during a meeting ...

This file photo taken in August 2025 shows harvested rice in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's farm ministry said Friday it would set its rice production target for 2026 at 7 ...

High temperatures in summer 2023 were among the factors leading to higher prices and lower stocks of rice than usual in Japan. Prices for Japan’s fiscal 2023 rice crop have been rising sharply, in ...

Japan's farm ministry said Friday it would set its rice production target for 2026 at 7.11 million tons in line with the maximum estimated demand, marking a shift away from the previous administration ...

With rice prices remaining persistently high, Japanese feed millers are opting for more corn in their rations, according to a recent report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US ...

Check your mailbox in two weeks Japan. This happens when you don't want to do a fair trade deal with the US. You can whine or cry all you want. US tax payers don't want to work to death to pay for the ...