By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that Japan was not buying American rice, putting pressure on Tokyo as it struggles ...

Reversing decades of policy, Tokyo is now trying to encourage more rice production. It’s set a target of exporting about 385,000 U.S. tons by 2030 - an eightfold jump on last year’s level.

President Trump suggested Monday there won’t be a trade deal with Japan, sharing that the trading partner will be getting a ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice.

Trump's strong statement was made amid the deadlock in ministerial-level trade negotiations between the two countries. He ...

Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the ...

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff level on Japan, citing what he said was the country’s unwillingness to accept rice exports from the U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stated on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump may have misconceptions about trade issues as a pause on a 24% reciprocal tariff on Japanese imports is set ...

President Donald Trump announced he will unilaterally set terms of trade with Japan instead of finalizing a negotiated deal ...

The new policy, if successful, would prevent a recurrence by allocating 350,000 tons of rice for export in 2030 – an eight-fold jump from 45,000 tonnes in 2024 – that could be redirected to ...