A shrinking labor force and economic pressures are reshaping rural industries, emphasizing the need for technology and stable ...

Donald Trump's insistence that "spoiled" Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's problems ...

Tokyo had expected smooth tariff negotiations but is experiencing whiplash, becoming a central target of President Trump’s trade frustrations.

Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

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Negotiations have stalled ahead of next week’s deadline, with some suggesting Japan misjudged the depth of President Trump’s ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice.

The nation deserves a rice system that feeds its people, not its dysfunction” NUEVA Ecija’s scorching fields, Mang Lito, a grizzled rice farmer, tears ...

He expressed Kenya's hope of improving food security through increased rice production and its readiness to expand cooperation and establish a strong partnership with China in this field.

But Miwa warned that they may rise again if the price of newly harvested rice stays in the range of 4,000 yen per 5 kilograms. Japan currently imports 770,000 tons of rice annually tariff-free under ...