with the ratio of first-grade rice dropping 30 percentage points to 62.6 percent in Akita Prefecture and 41.7 points to 54.7 percent in Yamagata Prefecture. Nationwide, 11 prefectures saw the ...

YAMAGATA--The capital of Yamagata Prefecture has slurped its way to defending its honorable title of having the “No.1 ramen consumers in Japan.” According to a household economy survey ...

It is the first time stockpiled rice will be released to ensure smooth distribution. This was previously limited to cases of seriously poor harvests and large-scale disasters.

Masshigura from Aomori Prefecture, Haenuki from Yamagata Prefecture and Hitomebore from Miyagi Prefecture, all in northeastern Japan, are among the rice brands for sale.