TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the last year. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Pittsburgh scholar Kay Shimizu about what's behind the shortage in the homeland of sushi. Remember ...

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Global rice markets could come under further strain as the world's leading rice producer China grapples with heavy rain and flood risks. "Heavy rain in China's grain-producing north-eastern region ...

Prices rose to the highest since September 2011, which could exacerbate global food insecurity Suriyapong Thongsawang / Getty Images Global rice prices hit a 12-year high in July following a ban on ...

MUMBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Global rice prices, which have tumbled to multi-year lows, are unlikely to fall further with top exporter India's currency firming, but bulging Indian stockpiles and a bumper ...

The relief that households experienced just a few weeks ago as the price of rice especially the short grains crashed to as low as N65,000-N67,000 per 50kg bag has been replaced with despair as the ...

JAKARTA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Indonesian rice prices hit record highs recently despite a bumper harvest and vast stockpiles after the government raised its purchase price and lowered state-procurement ...

Global rice prices have tumbled to their lowest level in eight years, in a blow to many farmers across Asia, as record harvests and the ending of export bans in India flood the market with supply.