Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

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

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff level on Japan, citing what he said was the country’s ...

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There is increasing consumer demand for low- or non-alcoholic beers, and science is helping improve both the brewing process and the flavor profiles of the final product. One promising approach to ...

The area allocated to monsoon-sown rice crops has surged 47% from a year earlier to 3.5 million hectares (8.7 million acres) ...