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

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

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

The nationwide average price of rice in Japan recently marked the first decline in 18 weeks following the release of ...

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

Japanese supermarket rice prices fell for the first time in 18 weeks, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, though they ...

A senior official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has ruled out including talks on an expansion of U.S. rice ...

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

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

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will soon tell people the prices of rice in supermarkets in different parts of Japan. Now ...

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

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