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

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

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 ...

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

A company in northeastern Japan that bought rice from government stockpiles shipped the crop to Tokyo by Shinkansen bullet ...

The government plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from its stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, ...

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

Rice is a household staple in Japan, but supermarkets have been having trouble keeping shelves stocked after a wave of panic ...

The shortage has continued to bite despite the government releasing 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three ...

Japan's surging rice prices have been a boon for Taiwanese farmers, who are enjoying a surge in demand for their crop as a ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over half of large-scale rice producers feel that store prices for rice are "too high," a recent survey ...

Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long ...