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

Rice is getting too expensive in Japan. Many people cant afford it, and its becoming a big problem. The government is trying ...

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Moving to cut soaring rice prices nationwide, the government started the process of selling rice from its emergency reserves ...

Lawmakers have been questioning whether auctioning stockpiled rice is really effective in bringing down prices.

Japan’s farm minister quits after backlash over controversial remarks on the nation’s rice price crisis, sparking fresh debate.

The past three rounds of stockpiled rice auctions conducted under his predecessor, Taku Eto, failed to deliver rice to retailers speedily, Koizumi said. The auctions "didn't have the effect of ...

Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent. This happened as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) Large bags of several varieties of rice are sold at a ...

Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi appeared on a TV Tokyo program on the night of May ...

Nearly 60 per cent of Japanese believe rice prices will decline following the appointment of Shinjiro Koizumi as farm ...

A government-managed rice supply makes sense when your neighbours are China and North Korea. Canadian dairy has no such ...