A survey released Friday suggested that 41.0% of large-scale rice farmers in Japan expect retail prices for rice harvested in ...

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

Japan has been grappling with soaring rice prices for months as inclement weather ... under Keio University’s faculty of policy management, who added that the number of farmers is also dropping ...

fearing prices would fall, Kazuhito Yamashita, research director at the Canon Institute for Global Studies. Japan could have avoided the problem by allowing more rice to be planted and exporting ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Credit: AP Rice started disappearing from supermarket shelves, and prices ...

Japan has been grappling with soaring rice prices for months as inclement weather ... economics under Keio University's faculty of policy management, who added that the number of farmers are ...