Japan paused its sale of rice reserves after seeing a fast response from retailers, in a positive sign for the government’s ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nineteen Japanese companies have applied to purchase the government's stockpiled rice, with contracts ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan aims to drastically cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kg and speed up getting rice ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

“Studies have shown the processing used to create instant rice can create additional toxins, and the ready-to-heat products ...

A new report by the Healthy Baby, Bright Futures group found there may be arsenic in that rice your child is eating. "Tests ...

Uncooked rice isn’t digestible, but as it cooks, the warm liquid infuses into the grain and makes the starch edible, chewy, ...

A delegation from Yamagata, including Gov. Mieko Yoshimura and Takeshi Suda, head chef of the restaurant Okimizuki, joined ...

Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

Japan aims to cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms (11 lb) and get rice onto shop shelves more ...