NANYO, Japan -- On a lush green plain bordered by mountains in northern Japan's Yamagata prefecture, Nobuhiko Kurosawa does ...

The Emperor and Empress are scheduled to visit Mongolia from July 6 to 8 pay their respects to Japanese nationals who died in the country while being interned in a forced labor camp after the end of ...

Prime minister stresses that Japan is importing US rice from California, counters Trump assertion that Japan ‘won’t take our ...

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

In speeches on the second day of the official campaign period for the Upper House election, party leaders focused on issues ...

There was some levity during the visit as an excited group of Japanese schoolchildren were left star struck after they waved ...

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan is not importing U.S. rice, saying the misconception should be corrected. Ishiba's comment, ...

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

KITAKAMI, Iwate Prefecture―An 81-year-old woman was killed in a suspected bear attack in her living room here on July 4, according to police.

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

A survey shows Japan's growers and wholesalers expect rice prices to drop over the next three months as government stockpiles ...