TOKYO (AP) — 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 though total consumption has fallen ...

High prices continued even as rice produced in 2024 became available. According to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, the average wholesale price per 60 kilograms of all varieties of ...

The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the last year. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Pittsburgh scholar Kay Shimizu about what's behind the shortage in the homeland of sushi. Remember ...

The average price per 5 kilograms of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets in Japan in the week to Sept. 7 topped ¥4,000 for the first time since early June, the agriculture ministry has said. The ...