Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

Japan's government started accepting applications for the next round of sales of stockpiled rice on Wednesday. The program ...

Government leaders in Japan released emergency rice supplies as rising prices and poor harvest increase political pressure.

Japan plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, ...

The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

Japan will release 200,000 more metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles to address the doubling in prices since ...

The average price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice at supermarkets in the week through June 1 was ¥4,223, down ¥37 from the ...

Taiwan exported six times more rice to Japan in the first half of 2025 than a year earlier, with annual exports expected to ...

At a game center in this eastern Japan city near Tokyo, children try to win prizes in a crane game. But here, the winnings ...

This is a moment of reckoning, demanding a re-evaluation of long-held beliefs about food security.  Read more at straitstimes ...

Japan said on Friday that "all options" were being considered to stabilise rice prices, including the use of up to 100,000 ...

A total of 13 shops with more than ¥10 million in debt filed for bankruptcy in the year ended March — a record high for a ...