Japonica Can be a medium-grained rice with to some degree rounded grains, which makes it noticeably various from the skinnier, prolonged-grained rice that we are used to within the West, which is called indica rice. Japonica rice is starchy, with increased amounts of a starch termed amylopectin than indica rice. https://cuwip.ucsd.edu/members/grouseformat5/activity/146451/