TOKYO -- The drastic rise of rice prices in Japan has not stopped households from buying more of the dietary staple. The price of rice jumped by 70.9% in January from a year earlier, consumer ...

The amount of rice a household in Japan bought in 2024 rose 6.3 percent from a year earlier despite soaring prices, government data showed Saturday, as fears of a shortage of the main staple likely ...

“I can’t buy rice at this price,” a woman in her 70s muttered as she walked away from the rice section at a supermarket in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, during her morning shop on Au ...

I've been a bit pissed off because the other day I saw a 5kg packet of rice on the market shelf for R$33 (US$ 6.4). I said: 'No, that's not normal'. Poor people can't afford to pay R$33 for a 5kg ...

DRRK Foods Private Ltd, a Basmati rice producer and exporter, plans to set up a new rice milling plant at Gwalior in Madhya ...

Tiu Laurel in January said the NFA is set to buy at least 300,000 metric tons of rice this year, with optimism that the country will hit a record for palay production. Under its mandate, the NFA is ...