Japan will release an additional 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile by July to address a nationwide ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday over his inappropriate remark about buying rice as the public ...

(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 ...

(Mainichi/Kazugi Yamaguchi) TOKYO -- Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops ... the price of their stock by about 100 yen (some 70 ...

Japan’s efforts to curb soaring rice prices by releasing stockpiles and easing import restrictions have had limited effect, with analysts warning the country’s long-standing agricultural ...

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 ...