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

Reports about fraudulent online rice shops to consumer affairs centers around the country spiked to 335 cases in April and ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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