A Trump administration request that Japan buy more U.S. rice caused this week's snag in bilateral trade talks as Tokyo "strongly objected" to the condition, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday.

Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa abruptly canceled his trip to Washington on Thursday because there remains a gap ...

The Japanese government is shifting its agricultural policy to increase rice production, as recently instructed by Prime ...

Japan’s economy is caught between inflationary monetary policy and powerful agricultural interests. There is no easy way out.

Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Credit: AP What's happening to rice in Japan?

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday over his inappropriate remark about buying rice as the public struggles with record high prices of the country's traditional staple food.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have agreed to launch a joint task force to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from ...

The Japanese agriculture industry is using 5G-powered smart technology to reduce the worker shortage and make farming more efficient.

NIIGATA, Japan — It doesn’t look like much: a few mismatched plots of farmland wedged between busy highways and commercial developments on the outskirts of this midsized city. But if Ryusuke ...