By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

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

STORY: Japanese farmer Kazuhachi Hosaka has been growing rice for 30 years.But over that time, he’s seen his industry ...

A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food. At their ...

Tsukudani, a sweet, Japanese side dish often served with hot rice, originated in the samurai era in a tiny neighborhood ...

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

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims ...

Rice prices in Japan have started to ease, falling below Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s target of below 4,000 yen for a five-kilogram bag.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said she was keeping a close eye on possible second-round effects on ...

Japan's $1T investment gamble failed as Donald Trump imposed high tariffs, with rice tensions derailing trade talks before ...

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.