A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

Japan's new food supply emergency measures law took effect on Tuesday, allowing the government to instruct farmers to submit plans on how they will increase production of key foods such as rice if ...

Prices of rice in Tokyo jumped around 90 percent in March from a year earlier, with the government's recent release of ...

A federation of agricultural cooperatives in Japan says rice from the national stockpiles auctioned in March will start ...

As rice prices surge in Japan, a government survey shows farms plan to expand acreage for the crop, which should alleviate ...

The average price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice in Japanese supermarkets has recently reached an astounding ¥4,172, marking an increase for the eleventh consecutive week. As stakeholders in the ...

SAITAMA -- Rice prices in Japan have continued to surge since last summer's "rice ... consumers are wondering if this will lead to any relief, while one farmer in Saitama Prefecture spoke of harvests ...

plus the fervent commitment of Niigata’s rice farmers, is what upholds the prefecture’s status as Japan’s leading rice producer. Niigata’s famed rice was being exported to 31 countries and ...

Takashi Takanashi, head of the Spice House Co., a company based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, specialising in wholesale ...

New-crop rice has appeared in Japanese supermarkets, but has failed to alleviate steep and continued inflation...Read More ...