Short-grain Japanese rice Rice is the bedrock of Japanese cuisine, and with terms like ‘sushi rice’ and ‘sticky rice’ it can seem like there are lots of types. In reality, broadly speaking ...

Prices are rising across Japan, and even the humble curry rice — once a cheap comfort food favorite — is rocketing in price, ...

While consumers have suffered from shortages of rice on store shelves across the nation, exports of the Japanese staple food have been booming. Producers shipped a record amount of rice overseas ...