With rice prices still high in Japan, the government has announced the release of some of its stockpiles of the staple grain. On February 14, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...

(Mainichi/Shu Furukawa) TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has announced details of the planned release of government-stored rice onto the market. The move comes amid ...

Japan's private rice imports have already reached a record-high 468 tons in the current fiscal year through March, driven by robust demand from restaurants amid soaring prices for the domestic crop, ...

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--The average price of Japan's 2024 rice crop sold to wholesalers surged in January to hit a record high for the fifth straight month, the agriculture ministry said ...

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly doubled ...

The average price of Japan's 2024 rice crop sold to wholesalers surged in January to hit a record high for the fifth straight month, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. The January average ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AFP) — The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" ...

TOKYO: The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot ... nearly doubled prices over a year. Japan has previously tapped into its reserves ...

Rice consumption in Japan has more than halved in the past 60 years to about 50.9 kilogrammes (112 pounds) in 2022, but the grain remains deeply ingrained in Japanese culture and its harvesting ...