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Trump tries to sell rice to the Japanese
Japan’s attempt to strike a deal with the US before Donald Trump’s deadline next week has hit an unlikely sticking point: ...
The Mainichi News Quiz: People are eating more of what instead of rice?
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for July 4 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...
Rice is everything in Japan. So why won’t it buy more from the US?
Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance ...
Trump warns ‘spoiled’ Japan may not get a US trade deal
US President Donald Trump cast doubt on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese ...
Trump says there likely won’t be a trade deal with ‘spoiled’ Japan
President Trump says Japan, which he characterized as “spoiled,” will likely not make a deal with the United States on a ...
Japan says it won't sacrifice farm sector after Trump complains about rice
Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff negotiations with the United States, its top ...
Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority ...
Japan eyes reform of rice policy to expand production
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. He says that ...