Rather than issue a formal statement, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is said to be planning to release a “personal message” to ...

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secretary-general of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose poor poll ratings are due in part to high food prices, chastised the ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism ...

TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday over his inappropriate remark about buying rice as the public ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain ...

Six former presidents of the Science Council of Japan issued a joint statement calling for the withdrawal of a controversial ...

Japan’s farm minister Taku Eto stepped down on Wednesday, domestic media reported, following public outrage over his comments ...

Consumers feeling the pain of rising rice prices in Japan are voicing anger at agriculture minister Taku Eto over recent ...

TOKYO — Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of ...