Well-proportioned wooden tubs, called “oke” in Japanese, are built with unparalleled precision, slowly and steadily crafting each one by hand with great care.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan is not importing U ...

Since 1970, 73% of global wildlife has been lost, while the world's population has doubled to 8 billion. Research shows this ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

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

As the campaign period for the House of Councillors election has officially kicked off, recent issues surrounding rice -- ...

For thousands of years, in cultures everywhere, people have been fermenting food to preserve and improve its flavor. In ...

Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a public-interest association showed Friday, with the government releasing ...

The Trump administration has struggled to reach the number of agreements it initially suggested would be possible with the ...

TOKYO – Concerns about trade talks possibly stalling is spreading within the Japanese government following U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment on Tuesday that cast doubt on reaching an agreement on ...

President Donald Trump has been ramping up his tariff threats against Japan, accusing the country of refusing to buy U.S.

Japan’s attempt to strike a deal with the US before Donald Trump’s deadline next week has hit an unlikely sticking point: ...