There are plenty of great options to choose from: boil-in-the-bag, instant rice, precooked, or long-grain white rice. Any of these will pair beautifully with the flavorful red beans! Serve your ...

An 11-pound bag of rice now costs nearly 4,000 yen ($27), double the price a year earlier. As prices began to rise last year, the authorities warned against panic buying, saying that Japan’s ...