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“Shouldn’t the government have taken measures to ease the rules for selling stockpiled rice last summer?” said Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at the Nomura Research Institute. Add TheJapanNews ...

Tokyo, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry Friday unveiled a new system to sell some government-stockpiled rice reserved for emergency use, after rice prices soared last summer amid ...

If you’ve ever tried to make rice on the stovetop, you know it can take a bit of babysitting for things to come out just right — or anywhere near the perfectly cooked rice from your favorite ...

CPI in Tokyo has been above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target for three months. Rice was a standout. Prices for the widely-consumed staple surged by 70.7 percent. That's the biggest ...

Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Japan is set to respond to the highest rice prices on record by making it easier to tap its ...

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