The Hokkaido Prefectural Government will hand out vouchers or digital coupons worth 5,240 yen (about $36) to purchase rice ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Japan's agriculture ministry says that sales of stockpiled rice will widen to stores across the country on Friday.

This year's first auction for rice as staple food will take place on June 27 instead of the usual September, agriculture ...