Onigiri rice balls are surging in popularity, with specialty outlets opening around the country and sales at convenience stores going strong. The rice balls, which are typically wrapped in dried ...

Onigiri rice balls are a staple of Japanese cuisine, and many Tokyo restaurants are now taking them to the next level with ...

The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls ...

A Tokyo correspondent for The Associated Press is sharing her basic onigiri recipe. It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside can be just about anything — fish ...

and rice rectangles with sweetened soy sauce and shiso leaves tucked under eel meat. Japanese rice triangles known as onigiri have centers of spicy imitation crab salad, smoked salmon with cream ...

Onigiri—Japanese rice balls—are a classic home-cooked dish that anyone can make. Chef Rika and an expert show us ways to make delicious onigiri, starting from the beginning: cooking the rice ...