Japan has been grappling with soaring rice prices amid a shortage of the staple grain in recent months due to myriad reasons ...

Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in years.

Japan is experiencing a shortage of the crucial staple, with an inelastic supply likely being the primary cause.

Topics related to rice purchase limits, price increase and supply shortage have trended on Japanese social media throughout the summer. Ge Jiyong, executive director of the Institute of Asian ...

If you're looking to make a change to your morning food routine, it's a good idea to look to other cultures for inspiration, ...

The white rice version of Kinmemai has the look, digestibility, and quick cooking time of traditional white rice but offers ...

It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside ... Wet your hands with the salted water, pick up a handful of cooked rice, still hot but cooled enough so your fingers don ...

Tokyo shoppers were paying 23% more than a year ago for 5 kilogram bags of rice last month, while wholesale prices have risen ...

Bags of rice are expected to start filling the shelves of Japan’s supermarkets again soon as farmers harvest their new crop, ...

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Most tatami mats are a natural golden color, but those made by Mitsuru Yokoyama may be jade green, pink or even black.

The rice parcels containing the fragments of fish, cucumber and so on crumbled nicely and tasted lovely, with a salty "gravy" ...