President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation from the state's catastrophic flooding, but remains quiet about his promises to do away with FEMA.

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For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

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Analysts also blame Japan's decades-old policy of cutting back on rice-farming land.

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at ...

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Japan's farm minister resigned after growing public outrage as he said he never buys rice due to free donations while the country faces soaring prices.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Farm Minister Taku Eto resigned Wednesday after facing a backlash over a remark that struck a nerve with a public suffering from soaring rice prices, dealing a blow to ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis.

Japan farm minister Taku Eto quits after gaffe over free rice Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba names Shinjiro Koizumi, son of popular former premier Junichiro Koizumi, as successor.

Japan’s farm minister Taku Eto stepped down on Wednesday, domestic media reported, following public outrage over his comments on getting free rice.