Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak ...

Japan's agriculture ministry on May 16 announced a revision of the bidding system under which government stockpiled rice is ...

The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the ...

Japan will release an additional 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile by July to address a nationwide ...

Among the measures is an auction quota for bidders ready to sell stockpiled rice to retailers within a month of purchase.

Larger gaps between wholesalers' procurement and selling prices, which represent their costs and profits, may be a factor, a ...

Regardless of the numbers, the pressure of negotiating with the U.S. is putting a spotlight on an ongoing rice crisis in ...

The Japanese government on April 9 announced that it would release another 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice onto the market -- the third such move to c ...

Japan's agriculture ministry said on Friday it will hold its fourth auction of rice from government stockpiles later this ...

Japanese supermarket rice prices fell for the first time in 18 weeks, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, though they ...

Rice prices continue to surge in Japan due to a combination of factors, ranging from inbound tourism and hoarding to poor ...

Soaring rice prices and increased consumer frugality are driving changes in dining habits of Japanese, including adding ...