The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms (11 pounds). Rice stocks at Japan ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

Two Japanese air force members died shortly after their training aircraft crashed last week, the air force chief confirmed on ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto on Monday came under fire after saying that he does not need to buy rice because he receives ...

Japanese Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday following backlash over a controversial remark about getting ...

Grass puffers were observed laying eggs in a sea cove in the Tainamachi district of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. From April ...

Bank of Japan policy board member Asahi Noguchi struck a more cautious tone about the pace of the bank’s future interest-rate ...

Of the seven semiconductor fabs completed in Japan during fiscal 2023–2024 (April 2023 to March 2025), only three had begun ...

The BOJ is currently trimming its purchases by ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) a quarter and is on course to reach monthly buying ...

The T-4 training aircraft involved had reportedly only been airborne for two minutes after it departed Komaki Air Base for Nyutabaru Air Base in Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture when it disappeared ...

Two crew are missing after the T-4 training aircraft operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed after taking off ...