Stockpiled rice sold by the government directly to retail companies hit store shelves on May 31 and long lines of customers were waiting to buy the cheaper grain. Supplies quickly sold out.

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Government-stockpiled rice sold under discretionary contracts hit store shelves in some supermarkets in the Tokyo ...

The Japanese government's stockpiled rice released through direct contracts with retailers began hitting store shelves ...

Core consumer prices in Tokyo climbed 3.6 percent in May from a year earlier, rising at the fastest pace in over two years, official data showed Friday, as the cost of rice remained on a sharp upward ...

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Woolworths and Coles both announced significant sales revenue growth. Both supermarkets say their profits are due to people spending less on eating out Experts say supermarkets rely on customers ...

Nineteen Japanese companies have applied to purchase the government's stockpiled rice, with contracts expected to be ...

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Japan's supermarket operators have been strengthening sales of cheaper, foreign-grown rice, offering another choice to consumers hit by rising prices and concerns about shortages of the country's ...