Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

Farm minister resigns amid outrage as staple grain doubles in price, exposing deeper fault lines in agriculture and politics.

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” ...

When Japan's farm minister declared that he never had to buy rice because his supporters give him "plenty" of it as gifts, he ...

Japan’s rice prices have surged over 150%, triggering supermarket rationing, emergency reserves, and a ministerial ...

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture Taku Eto stepped down from his office after making a remark about rice that many in the public found out of touch with consumers.

Former Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi was appointed the new agriculture minister on Wednesday following the ...

Eto's controversial comments came when his ministry decided to release rice from emergency stockpiles to help curb prices that have roughly doubled from a year earlier due to a poor harvest, and the ...

Lawmakers have been questioning whether auctioning stockpiled rice is really effective in bringing down prices.