The government and ruling parties are rushing to tackle soaring rice prices. With the success or failure of their efforts ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain. It ...

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The Japanese government plans to curb retail prices of stockpiled rice to some 2,000 yen per 5 kilograms, agriculture ...

Government data on Friday showed Japan’s core inflation jumped to 3.5% in April, its highest in more than 2 years. The rise ...

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The official data released Friday showed rice prices up a whopping 98.4 percent compared to April 2024 following a 92.5-percent increase in March ...

Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

The core inflation figure was higher than expectations of 3.4%. Headline inflation climbed 3.6% from a year ago. Japan’s core ...

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