A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

Shigeru Ishiba thinks consumption tax on food should not be lowered, against the wishes of political dissenters, in spite of ...

As government stockpiles of rice enter the market in Japan, prices remain high. Farmers and experts say increasing production ...

The average price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice in Japanese supermarkets has recently reached an astounding ¥4,172, marking an increase for the eleventh consecutive week. As stakeholders in the ...

Japan's new food supply emergency measures law took effect on Tuesday, allowing the government to instruct farmers to submit ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--The amount of rice collected by major Japanese rice buyers as of the end of February was down 254,000 ... The ministry on Monday also released the results of a survey on ...

Japan's rice farmers are retiring as they age, but there are efforts in a major production area to enliven the industry by ...

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 ...

Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, who commended JICA for the support, said the funding aims to ...