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

Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a ...

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

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, ...

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

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's views on some tariff-related issues may ...

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But how much news did you absorb between coffee runs and Teams calls? This is your weekly audit. Part business, part politics ...

As a Wednesday deadline approaches for steeper US tariffs to hit dozens of economies ranging from the EU to India, trade ...

Biodiversity continued to decrease in most of the areas we studied, irrespective of population increase or decrease. Only ...

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 ...