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Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. He says that ...
Japan's chief government spokesperson stated on Tuesday that the nation would not compromise its agricultural sector during ...
Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long ...
By understanding farmers' medium- and long-term plans on planting areas and others, the government aims to promote a drastic ...
That 700% figure, which Japan’s farm minister called “incomprehensible,” is not quite true. In 1995, after facing a rice crisis in 1993 and mounting pressure from the world to open up its ...
Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, posing a fresh challenge to Prime Minister ...
Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, ... The Farm Ministry responded to the price of rice with the release of 300,000 tons of reserved rice through July.