More than four centuries of agricultural tradition are at risk of coming to an end in Niigata prefecture in Japan. The region is the famed origin of koshihikari rice — one of the most prized ...

For Koshihikari, a popular rice variety grown ... of first-grade rice fall by 10 percentage points or more. In Japan, rice is ranked based on the proportion of high-quality grains, which are ...

Japan sweltered in its warmest July ... Inflation data for July released last week showed rice, excluding the famous ‘koshihikari’ premium brand, saw the highest rate of price increase in ...

Chef David Yoshimura keeps one foot planted in Japan, showcasing techniques ... ingredients on the menu: Luna Koshihikari Organic Rice. Grown less than 200 miles away in the Sacramento Delta ...

The KRIL37 strain was originally bred by another team in 2010 in an attempt to enhance Koshihikari’s resistance to rice blast fungus ... research is possible in Japan and the United States ...