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

U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that Japan was not buying American rice, putting pressure on Tokyo as it struggles ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan is not importing U ...

Prime minister stresses that Japan is importing US rice from California, counters Trump assertion that Japan ‘won’t take our ...

As the campaign period for the House of Councillors election has officially kicked off, recent issues surrounding rice -- ...

A survey shows Japan's growers and wholesalers expect rice prices to drop over the next three months as government stockpiles ...

Since 1970, 73% of global wildlife has been lost, while the world's population has doubled to 8 billion. Research shows this ...

In speeches on the second day of the official campaign period for the Upper House election, party leaders focused on issues ...

As a Wednesday deadline approaches for steeper US tariffs to hit dozens of economies ranging from the EU to India, trade ...

There was some levity during the visit as an excited group of Japanese schoolchildren were left star struck after they waved ...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Japanese household spending surged at the fastest pace in nearly three years in May, offering some hopes that tepid ...