All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

This week Japan's farm minister resigned after a gaffe about rice that drew public fury. Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan began sales of government rice stockpiles via direct contracts Monday, aiming to slash soaring prices after the newly appointed farm minister pledged to bring them down to ...

Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and other commercial wholesalers have been 400,000 tons short of last year's levels, hitting a record low 1.53 million tons as of June, farm ministry ...

TOKYO --Japan's newly appointed agriculture minister on Friday pledged to quickly bring down rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms, promising relief to inflation-hit consumers.

More than 30 companies have applied to purchase over half of the 300,000 tons of stockpiled rice Japan plans to release through direct sales contracts with major retailers, the farm ministry said ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday hinted at initiating emergency rice imports if the government fails to bring down prices, saying there should be no ...

TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Japan aims to cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms (11 lb) and get rice onto shop shelves more quickly, the farm ministry said on Monday ...

Japan’s rice shortage continued to bite, with citizens queuing for hours and prices at an all-time high. The government released 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three weeks ago ...

[TOKYO] Japan aims to drastically cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen (S$18) per 5 kg and speed up getting rice onto shop shelves as consumers suffer from sky-high staple grain costs, the farm ...

At least 33 retailers have applied for the government's no-bid contract procedure to purchase stockpiled rice, the farm ministry said Tuesday, raising hopes of rice prices finally going down.

TOKYO — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has ...