Soaring rice prices in Japan have triggered a wave of panic buying this year — a stark contrast to Korea, where an expected ...

Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Japan has been contending with a rice shortage ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy is to keep production in line with demand, reversing her predecessor's approach.

Japan’s rice policy is at a crossroads as prices of the country’s staple food stay around record highs, squeezing households, ...

The so-called "Reiwa-era rice upheaval" that began last summer shows no signs of abating in Japan. While stockpiled rice was ...

The recent tumultuous rice price situation in Japan has been a rollercoaster ride. Beginning with a poor harvest in 2023 and a minor rice shortage in the late summer of 2024, many began to think Japan ...

In response to soaring supermarket rice prices, the Japanese government released 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency reserves in February 2025, despite an abundance of rice production in the ...

Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, ...