It’s eaten with almost every meal, but a shortage of rice has sent prices soaring in Japan. The crisis has forced the ...

Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilise soaring prices, the ...

When Genki Sakurai began working for his family’s rice farm 17 years ago, there were more than a dozen rice farmers in his neighborhood in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Now, he says ...

The Japanese government will release additional stockpiled rice every month until the end of July to stabilize soaring prices ...

TOKYO, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government will release additional stockpiled rice every month until July as rice prices remained at an all-time high, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.

If farmers install solar panels over their rice fields, their overall revenue, including income from selling solar-generated electricity, can･･･ ...

Tokyo, April 7 (Jiji Press) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his government will proactively ...

Japan will release its stockpiled rice every month until around the end of July, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, ...

In response to escalating rice prices, Japan has released its strategic reserves of the staple food, aiming to stabilize the ...

In an effort to manage the soaring prices of rice, the Japanese government has announced plans to release additional reserves of rice. This decision, confirmed through interviews with sources close to ...

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has begun accepting bids in the second round of an auction for ...

The jump in rice prices in Japan has led to an increase in less expensive imports of the staple food. Those products are now showing up on more supermarket shelves.