Rice prices in Japan have continued to surge since last summer's "rice crisis of the Reiwa era." Despite the government's ...

Leading convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has begun installing collection boxes in Saitama city as part of a drive to deliver surplus food to children’s cafeterias and other facilities.

Almost 3,500 teachers and students at more than a dozen public schools in Yashio city, Saitama Prefecture, have become sick with diarrhea and stomach pains in a mass food poisoning outbreak. The ...

The restaurant’s food is based on Chinese cuisine – think ... U_Place 1F, 8-1 Wakitahoncho, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama prefecture (Kawagoe, Honkawagoe stations). 049 265 7857. 11.30am-3.30pm ...

Rice is pictured on shelves in a supermarket in Saitama on Feb. 28, 2025. The prices are about 1,000 yen (roughly $6.80) above last year's prices. With a shortage of stock, labels read ...