The Hokkaido Prefectural Government will hand out vouchers or digital coupons worth 5,240 yen (about $36) to purchase rice ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says that sales of stockpiled rice will widen to stores across the country on Friday.

A guide to Japan’s rice from past harvests, currently being released from government stockpiles in a bid to tackle high ...

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Friday decided to prohibit the resale of released government-stockpiled ...

Japan will hold a tender for tariff-free imported staple rice this month, earlier than the usual auction in September, to ...

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

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

People caught reselling rice for a profit, including the government’s emergency supplies, will face a fine or even ...

Japan is taking more action to tackle shortages and soaring prices of rice, releasing more from stockpiles into the domestic ...

This year's first auction for rice as staple food will take place on June 27 instead of the usual September, agriculture ...