Japan's private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a ...

Private sector imports of tariffed rice to Japan in May were 3.5 times the total volume brought in during all of fiscal 2024, revised ...

Prices of a five-kg bag of rice in supermarkets have dipped below 4,000 yen, the lowest in about two months. The shortage ...

Japan's average retail rice prices fell below 4,000 yen ($27) for the first time in four months, data showed on Monday, after ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has validated that around 30% of the rice auctioned from ...

Japan is not often considered to be a nation of unrest. But it takes rice seriously. Eto Taku, the country’s agriculture ...

Japan's rice prices have doubled in a year, straining households and fueling political tension ahead of key elections ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had aimed to push down rice prices to the ¥3,000-¥4,000 range by as early as mid-June.

Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline ...

Japan’s furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.

The average price of rice in Japan fell below 4,000 yen (US$27) per five kilograms (kg) for the first time in around three ...