The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

A guide to Japan’s rice from past harvests, currently being released from government stockpiles in a bid to tackle high ...

Japan will hold a tender for tariff-free imported staple rice this month, earlier than the usual auction in September, to ...

Japan is taking more action to tackle shortages and soaring prices of rice, releasing more from stockpiles into the domestic ...

The Japanese government is aiming to lower rice prices by selling further supplies of stockpiled rice directly to retailers.

Japan will release 200,000 more metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles to address the doubling in prices since ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

TOKYO, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Japan plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said ...

TOKYO, June 10 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan plans to release another 200,000 tonnes of rice from government stockpiles through ...

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...