RICE is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval- shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...

Japan's rice supply debacle continues as the government is now seeking to lower the price of its stockpiled grain, and focus ...

This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

With Japan mired in a rice crisis, the government is considering revising rice farming policies to increase production in its ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in April, contributed an opinion piece to the Mainichi ...

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Commentators on strategic defense have outlined China's strategy to deter or delay US intervention in a Taiwan contingency.