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

At a game center in this eastern Japan city near Tokyo, children try to win prizes in a crane game. But here, the winnings ...

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

Government leaders in Japan released emergency rice supplies as rising prices and poor harvest increase political pressure.

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

The average price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice at supermarkets in the week through June 1 was ¥4,223, down ¥37 from the ...

Rice is where consumers have drawn the line. The staple rose by 98% in the past year, adding almost half a percentage point ...

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

Taiwan exported six times more rice to Japan in the first half of 2025 than a year earlier, with annual exports expected to ...

The shortage has continued to bite despite the government releasing 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three ...

This is a moment of reckoning, demanding a re-evaluation of long-held beliefs about food security.  Read more at straitstimes ...

Japan's surging rice prices have been a boon for Taiwanese farmers, who are enjoying a surge in demand for their crop as a ...