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

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

Japan’s attempt to strike a deal with the US before Donald Trump’s deadline next week has hit an unlikely sticking point: ...

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

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

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

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

Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance ...

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese ...

US President Donald Trump has publicly criticised Japan for not importing more US rice, calling the country ‘spoiled’ in a ...

It means that a tariff of 341 yen ($2.4) per kilogram of rice will remain in place for now, a rate that has been in place ...

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff level on Japan, citing what he said was the country’s ...