By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

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

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 -- ...

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.

Trade talks are intensifying as the deadline nears for increased US tariffs. The European Union aims for a deal with ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's views on some ...

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

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