Japan's agriculture minister has pitched a plan to reduce the price of rice as consumers struggle with soaring costs.

Government data on Friday showed Japan’s core inflation jumped to 3.5% in April, its highest in more than 2 years. The rise ...

* Yields of government bonds with the longest maturities have risen sharply - not just in the United States, where the ...

Asia-Pacific stock markets concluded Friday's trading session with a mixed scorecard as investors diligently parsed a wide ...

Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data ...

Japan's annual inflation rate stood at 3.6% in April 2025, unchanged from the previous month while remaining at its lowest ...

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

TOKYO -- Japan's private sector is expected to import roughly 20 times more rice in fiscal 2025 than the year before, as a historic surge in the price of the staple grain leads restaurants and ...

As for what stocks to buy, Wilson and the team continue to recommend higher-quality cyclical stocks - well-managed companies ...

Japan's agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned due to fallout from comments regarding receiving rice as gifts. His statement was viewed as insensitive amid soaring rice prices. Former Environment ...

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” ...

Shares are higher in Asia while oil prices have jumped more than $1.20 a barrel after a report by CNN said Israel may be ...