Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long ...

Not only is Japan eating more rice grown overseas, the Finance Ministry reported the private sector imported a record 3,000 ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi, who scrapped that system upon taking his post on ...

Major Japanese convenience store chain Lawson says it will start selling rice obtained from the government in small packages ...

Rice from Japanese government stockpiles sold through special no-bid contracts has hit store shelves at some retailers, amid ...

Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

Tokyo, June 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. said Wednesday that it will start selling ...

As imported rice becomes a popular alternative to Japanese mainstays whose prices continue to rise, it begs the question—do ...

The government will sell 200,000 tons of rice produced in 2022 and another 100,000 tons harvested in 2021 to retailers at ¥11,556 ($81) for a 60-kilogram bag of unpolished rice. With necessary ...

The Japanese government's stockpiled rice released through direct ... At an Ito-Yokado store in Tokyo's Ota Ward, 500 bags of rice sold out in just 30 minutes since its opening at 10 a.m. Other ...

Etō's comment about never buying rice because he receives it for free sparked public outrage amid soaring rice prices.