The Japanese government is releasing supplies from its emergency rice stockpile for the first time to address shortages that ...

It found the average retail price for a 5-kilogram bag of rice was 3,939 yen, or roughly 26 dollars. That's 94 percent higher year-on-year. The price is up 1.2 percent from the previous 7-day ...

The government’s decision to release stockpiles of rice has failed to stem surging prices of the Japanese staple in central Tokyo. The price of a 5-kilogram bag of “koshihikari” rice was ...