Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak ...

Japan’s new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

The government has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March but that has yet to translate to lower supermarket ...

Japan's new agriculture minister, Koizumi Shinjiro, says he will take steps so rice from government stockpiles can be sold at ...

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 ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto stepped down on Wednesday following public outrage over one hot-button issue: rice.

Japan’s farm minister Taku Eto stepped down on Wednesday, domestic media reported, following public outrage over his comments ...

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

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 ...

Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.

Japanese inflation spiked to a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on ...

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