TOKYO -- The Japanese government on March 18 handed over rice from its national reserve for sale on the open market -- the first batch in a larger release intended to bring down skyrocketing retail ...

The government will auction off part of its rice stockpiles on March 10, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The government last month decided to sell 210,000 tons out of its rice stockpiles to ...

Butadon, which features sliced pork and onions, is a quick donburi (rice bowl) to make ... buy pre-sliced pork – the kind for Japanese barbecue, not the thinly sliced meat for shabu-shabu ...