The Tenpō Famine of the 1830s was one of the worst in Japanese history, with the poor weather causing escalating rice prices as a major cause. To better understand how historical weather anomalies ...

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Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...

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Get a taste of the city, from dining at local institutions to experiencing transportive sushi to taking home single origin ...

Japan International Cooperation Agency plans to provide 35 million cedis ($3.09 million) to support Ghana’s rice industry. The funding will finance a modern rice seed production facility in northern ...

Global rice production is set to decline for the first time in a decade, tightening supplies of one of the world’s major food ...

Japan has not had three directors simultaneously in the running for the Palme d’Or since 2001 – and as Hamaguchi Ryusuke, ...