Umami describes the delicious savory flavor that we all know and love. Stock up on these chef-recommended ingredients to add more umami goodness to your meals.

Left, a sculpture depicting Man Pa, king of ancient Arakan for ... sulfur and pepper for rice and ivory. Japanese samurai and soldiers from the Mogul empire guarded the Royal Palace.

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an ...

His willingness to embrace foreign rice may presage a seismic change in mindset for Japanese businesses and consumers - one that could allow Tokyo leeway to relax some restrictions if rice becomes ...

His willingness to embrace foreign rice may presage a seismic change in mindset for Japanese businesses and consumers - one that could allow Tokyo leeway to relax some restrictions if rice becomes a ...

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese rice wholesalers and retailers on Monday called for improvements in what they see as the unbalanced distribution of government-stockpiled rice released last ...

In Bengaluru's Yelahanka area, a makeshift laboratory was the nucleus of chef Maia Laifungbam’s brand new experiment to recreate sake, or Japanese rice wine, in India. In the last few months ...

Extreme shortages throughout the country have led to the Japanese government auctioning off its emergency rice stockpile for the first time. The debut auction in March saw 142,000 tons of grain up ...

Maybe the whole sellers are stockpiling rice but not families, what's this assumption based on by the Japanese government. I asked dozens of people and not one had more than one bag of 5 kilos in ...