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.

In a world of slippery truths, the Thai artist’s radical experiments question received wisdoms about form and function ...

MY visits to Kiangan have always been last-minute decisions rather than part of my original plan. I first came to this town during the 1990s upon the invitation of a friend after we spent several days ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday disclosed plans with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to ...

Rice prices at supermarkets across Japan have ... Prices started rising since last summer amid a shortage before the fall harvest was brought in. But the continued increases have defied ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice, farm minister Taku Eto said Friday, in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple ...

In this photo, farmers transport their rice harvest from the fields. Despite achieving a record-high palay production of 20.06 million metric tons in 2023, local farmers continue to struggle with ...

This marks the first time that stockpiled rice will be released specifically to stabilize supply. Japanese Agriculture ... Despite a rise in rice harvest to 6.79 million tons in 2024 — an ...

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.

Joanna Freeman was one of the founding members of the Arkansas Rice Festival and the president for 15 years. She passed away on February 28. Barbara Cart is Freeman’s sister. Freeman took care ...