The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms (11 pounds). Rice stocks at Japan ...

Two Japanese air force members died shortly after their training aircraft crashed last week, the air force chief confirmed on ...

Grass puffers were observed laying eggs in a sea cove in the Tainamachi district of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. From April ...

Japanese Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday following backlash over a controversial remark about getting ...

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force agency continued its search Thursday for two crew members and their plane which crashed ...

Bank of Japan policy board member Asahi Noguchi struck a more cautious tone about the pace of the bank’s future interest-rate ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto on Monday came under fire after saying that he does not need to buy rice because he receives ...

The BOJ is currently trimming its purchases by ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) a quarter and is on course to reach monthly buying ...

Of the seven semiconductor fabs completed in Japan during fiscal 2023–2024 (April 2023 to March 2025), only three had begun ...

Two crew are missing after the T-4 training aircraft operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed after taking off ...