Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

Japan's agriculture minister said on Tuesday that the government plans to release more stockpiled rice to rein in soaring prices for the staple food.

Japan said on Friday that "all options" were being considered to stabilise rice prices, including the use of up to 100,000 ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

At a game center in this eastern Japan city near Tokyo, children try to win prizes in a crane game. But here, the winnings ...

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of stockpiled rice to ...

Rice is a household staple in Japan, but supermarkets have been having trouble keeping shelves stocked after a wave of panic ...

The shortage has continued to bite despite the government releasing 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three ...

Japan's surging rice prices have been a boon for Taiwanese farmers, who are enjoying a surge in demand for their crop as a ...

Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)--The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through June ...

Ishiba said it was important for the people to have a sense of security by achieving wage increases that exceed inflation.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over half of large-scale rice producers feel that store prices for rice are "too high," a recent survey ...