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

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

People caught reselling rice for a profit, including the government’s emergency supplies, will face a fine or even ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves recently released at lower prices will stably reach consumers. Under the ban, ...

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

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

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

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

Japan plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, farm ...