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

Taiwan exported six times more rice to Japan in the first half of 2025 than a year earlier, with annual exports expected to ...

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

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

Japan will release 200,000 more metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles to address the doubling in prices since ...

Rice is where consumers have drawn the line. The staple rose by 98% in the past year, adding almost half a percentage point ...

Japan plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, ...

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of stockpiled rice to ...

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 ...

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

Ishiba said it was important for the people to have a sense of security by achieving wage increases that exceed inflation.

Japan's agriculture minister said on Tuesday that the government plans to release more stockpiled rice to rein in soaring prices for the staple food.