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

Local governments in Japan are carrying out "rice aid" programs for residents amid soaring rice prices, mostly using national ...

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

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

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi suggested Friday that his ministry will drastically review ...

Reports about fraudulent online rice shops to consumer affairs centers around the country spiked to 335 cases in April and ...

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

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

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

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