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

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 ...

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

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

Japan said on Friday that "all options" were being considered to stabilise rice prices, including the use of up to 100,000 ...

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

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

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

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

The Japanese government has started releasing low-cost rice from its emergency stockpiles as market prices soar to record ...