The government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly unthinkable.” ...

This year, the harvest is early, and the best season will be until mid-March. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children.

People in the northern Japanese prefecture ... say the 450-year-old festival in Yokote City is dedicated to a water deity that people pray to in hope of having a good harvest.

The bidding will primarily target rice harvested in 2024, but some rice from the 2023 harvest will also be included. In principle, the government is to buy back the same volume from the buyers ...

This summer’s extreme heat has devastated the quality of rice, with the harvest of top-quality rice in Japan dropping to a record low, data showed. The drought and a record heat wave that ...

Japan's rice harvest 2024 total was about 180,000 tons more than in 2023 but growing demand and shortages combined with the record high prices snarled distribution and supply, prompting the ...