Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the U.S. over ...

TOKYO >> When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did ...

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had ...

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core ...

The government is considering using increased U.S. rice imports as a bargaining chip in its tariff talks with Washington, a ...

Japan’s agriculture ministry said that till April 6, prices of 5 5-kilogram bag of rice stood at  4,214 yen, or about 29 ...

Under its minimum market access system, Japan imports about 770,000 tons of rice per year tariff-free, including up to ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry on Wednesday began to accept bids in the third round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice. In the third round of the auction, which ...

Japan's staple food is in short supply and everything from bad harvests to rising tourist numbers is being blamed ...

Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops stockpiled by the ...

The Japanese government on April 9 announced that it would release another 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice onto the market -- ...

TOKYO: A plan being mulled over by the government to offer expanded imports of US rice in tariff negotiations was undercut by ...