TOKYO -- 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 ...

A rice field in Mito, Japan, where farmers are being encouraged to grow more of the staple crop to make up for shortages on store shelves, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach) ...

A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 28, 2024. Credit - Buddhika Weerasinghe—Bloomberg/Getty Images In Japan, the ruling government is weighing ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national crisis that has caught policymakers and consumers ...

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In Japan, the ruling government is weighing whether or not to put rice on the table. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have forced countries around the world—most recently announced, China—to take a ...

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