Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

Japan's new agriculture minister says the government is considering changing the way it sells the country's reserve of rice stocks. It's the latest measure aimed at tackling the surging prices of the ...

When Japan's farm minister declared that he never had to buy rice because his supporters give him "plenty" of it as gifts, he ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture Taku Eto stepped down from his office after making a remark about rice that many in the ...

To keep the rising price in check, the government has released tons of rice from its emergency stockpile in recent months, ...

I made an extremely inappropriate remark at a time when consumers are struggling with soaring rice prices,” Eto told ...

TOKYO - Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of ...

At a party seminar Sunday in Saga prefecture, Taku Eto said he "never had to buy rice" because his supporters always give him ...

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...

Taku Eto said he never buys rice because he gets it free - a remark that drew public fury in a country facing soaring food ...