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

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

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

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

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

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

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

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

The Japanese government is aiming to lower rice prices by selling further supplies of stockpiled rice directly to retailers.

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

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

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