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

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

In Japan, rice prices became lower for the first time in 18 weeks. This happened because the government started selling rice ...

Larger gaps between wholesalers' procurement and selling prices, which represent their costs and profits, may be a factor, a ...

By extending the limit to five years, the government hopes to secure more bidders and promote the circulation of stockpiled ...

The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the ...

Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese supermarket rice prices fell for the first time in 18 weeks, the agriculture ministry said on ...

Japan's agriculture ministry on May 16 announced a revision of the bidding system under which government stockpiled rice is ...

Japan's agriculture ministry said on Friday it will hold its fourth auction of rice from government stockpiles later this ...

NHK has learned that the Japanese government plans to relax the bidding conditions for the purchase of its stockpiled rice in ...

Rice prices continue to surge in Japan due to a combination of factors, ranging from inbound tourism and hoarding to poor ...