Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where they would be offered at prices significantly lower than current levels, seeking to stem a consumer shift to cheaper,

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak its purchasing policy to counter a shortage and rein ...

(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the fourth batch release to ease price ...

This will involve 100,000 tons of rice — 80,000 tons from the 2022 harvest and 10,000 tons each from the 2023 and 2024 harvests. The government plans to release 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice ...

Korean rice offered for about 25 percent less than Japanese rice was sold out. Signs in the store announced it would be back in stock on May 3. The rice being exported to Japan was cultivated in ...

Of the approximately 210,000 tons of stockpiled rice released by the central government in two auctions in March, only 14,998 tons actually made it to supermarkets and other retailers as of April 27.

Japan's agriculture ministry on May 16 announced a revision of the bidding system under which government stockpiled rice is sold to collectio･･･