“Moved, Touched & Inspired” – Japan Foundation launched JFF Theater, an online streaming platform to popularize Japanese films and videos around the world. JFF Theater distributes free Japanese films ...

Far bigger than most Asian-style venues in the area, its menu suggests that it seeks to make everyone happy, and it pretty much does.

US consumers signal recession with affluent consumers now struggling too; US ramps up bullying of Canada, EU; Japan rice ...

Manhattan and upstate New York offer sake breweries, bars, bottle shops for tasting and learning about the rice wine.

TOKYO -- Rice imports by Japanese companies shot up in May, government trade data shows, as retailers and restaurants try to cope with elevated domestic prices.

SINGAPORE, June 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This 3 July 2025, Pepper Lunch proudly presents the first-ever World Pepper Rice ...

Private sector imports of tariffed rice to Japan in May were 3.5 times the total volume brought in during all of fiscal 2024, revised government trade data showed Friday, as soaring prices of domestic ...

Japan's private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a ...

Despite persistent inflationary pressure, the Bank of Japan left its policy rate unchanged at 0.5% last week as uncertainty remains high over the trade outlook. The BOJ has maintained a stance of ...

Rice prices in Japan have started to ease, falling below Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s target of below 4,000 yen for a five ...