Japan’s economy is caught between inflationary monetary policy and powerful agricultural interests. There is no easy way out.

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Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm base.

Japan’s furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.

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.

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The Japanese government is shifting its agricultural policy to increase rice production, as recently instructed by Prime ...

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In response to soaring supermarket rice prices, the Japanese government released 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency reserves in February 2025, despite an abundance of rice production in the ...

A California grower harvests rice. Amidst brown rice shortages in Japan, California's Calrose variety is gaining traction there. (Courtesy California Rice Commission) Last fall, shelves in the ...

Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm base.