Average rice price for the week ending April 20 came in at 4,220 yen (about 29.48 U.S. dollars) per 5 kilograms, up by 3 yen from the previous week and marking the 16th consecutive week of price ...

TOKYO, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman recognized as Japan's oldest living person, has died from heart failure over the weekend, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare ...