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Japanese rice fish, known as medaka, are small, easy to breed, and reproduce daily, making them widely used as model ...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Tuesday a major shift in rice policy -- from curbing output to boosting it -- as ...
The errors came to light when Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba admitted that the government’s miscalculations had led to prices ...
Japan imports 770,000 metric tons of rice tariff-free every year, around half of which comes from the U.S. Above that quota, Japan tariffs foreign rice at ¥341 (about $2.30) per kilogram, ...
Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and other commercial wholesalers have been 400,000 tons short of last year's levels, hitting a record low 1.53 million tons as of June, farm ministry ...
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.
Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and other commercial wholesalers have been 400,000 tons short of last year's levels, hitting a record low 1.53 million tons as of June, farm ministry ...
Japan will import more rice from the United States but within the existing tariff-free quota, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...
Mirin and rice vinegar, both staples in every Japanese kitchen are very similar but also very different. Here's the lowdown ...