Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chief Executive Officer C. C. Wei blamed worsening traffic snarls for delays in expanding its base in southwestern Japan, even while a parallel US effort races ...

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 over the ...

Japan’s Wataru Hisasue and Masaya Kamei won the second and fifth prize, respectively, in the piano category of the Queen ...

In Seoul, you can call a city hotline at 3 a.m. just to say you feel lonely. You can walk into a “Maeum (Korean for 'heart') ...

Government-stockpiled rice sold under discretionary contracts hit store shelves in some supermarkets in the Tokyo ...

A survey released Friday suggested that 41.0% of large-scale rice farmers in Japan expect retail prices for rice harvested in ...

Japan's agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned on May 21 just six months into his term, following a public backlash to his ...

This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in April, contributed an opinion piece to the Mainichi ...

Persistent rice overproduction in Japan means that soaring rice prices are a symptom of systemic issues within Japan’s rice ...

Japan seeks a strategic breakthrough at the G7, promoting economic diplomacy amid global trade tensions. Tokyo Aims to Turn Tariff Tensions ...

With Japan mired in a rice crisis, the government is considering revising rice farming policies to increase production in its ...