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

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned after making an inappropriate remark about buying rice. Taku Eto said at a party ...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime ... minister's job now is to provide solutions to the soaring rice prices. I expect him to offer solutions," Ishiba told journalists as he arrived at his office.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday reprimanded the farm minister for claiming he never buys rice because he gets it free, provoking the ire of consumers facing soaring prices.

Meanwhile, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe dressed up as Mario during the 2016 Rio Olympics closing ceremony, emerging from a green warp pipe to hype up the Olympics in Japan.

[TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ... “The agriculture minister’s job now is to provide solutions to the soaring rice prices. I expect him to offer solutions,” Ishiba told journalists as he ...

TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has hit a record low, with nearly nine out of every 10 voters dissatisfied with the government's response to soaring ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rebuffed calls for tax cuts saying that the nation’s financial conditions are worse than Greece’s. The premier said he disagrees with the idea of funding ...

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has hit a record low, with nearly nine out of every 10 voters dissatisfied with the government's response to soaring price of rice, the nation's ...

(Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ... Ishiba, who took office in October, saw the disapproval rating for his Cabinet rise 1.3 ...

Japan minister resigns after saying he’s never bought rice - Taku Eto acknowledges making ‘an extremely inappropriate remark ...