Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

The number of criminal investigations into water firms for environmental law breaches has increased from 3.6 per month to ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister, Taku Etō, has resigned following public outrage over his comments about receiving free rice ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis. Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday ...