When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had ...

Japan's staple food is in short supply and everything from bad harvests to rising tourist numbers is being blamed ...

Redirecting such rice to the domestic market during shortages will help the government prevent price increases and other disruptions. Japanese rice is more expensive than rice grown in other ...

Extreme shortages throughout the country have led to the Japanese government auctioning off its emergency rice stockpile for the first time. The debut auction in March saw 142,000 tons of grain up ...