The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

VOV.VN - The recent successful establishment of the Vietnam Green & Low-Emission Rice brand not only helps elevate the value ...

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the average age of ... Whatever the cause of the shortages, retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to ...

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the ... retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to imports, which usually aren’t popular with finicky ...

By Mari Yamaguchi / The Associated Press  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 ...

Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the ... retailers must put rice on the shelves, so some are switching to imports, which usually aren’t popular with finnicky ...

For Japan and many other countries, the vulnerability that comes with relying on U.S. markets has become startlingly clear.