This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he held a 45-minute phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump to ...

Taku Eto was forced to step down as agriculture minister following the firestorm sparked by his comment: "I have never bought ...

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

Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, or Farms Taki Eto resigned Wednesday after his comments over the ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned Friday because a chronic illness resurfaced and he said he did not want it to affect his decision-making. Abe, 65, has for years ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

Japan's former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that he has been appointed as the country's new ...

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...

Chad's former prime minister and opposition leader Succès Masra was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in a clash between herders and farmers in the country's southwest a day earlier ...