If speculative movements are driving up rice prices, government intervention may become necessary. However, if the response ...

The Japanese government's release of rice reserves into the market can curb the price surge in the short term, but factors such as speculation are likely to continue driving rice prices up in a long ...

The level of fresh food prices has risen 71.9% since 2010, about five times more than that of inflation excluding it.

FOOD inflation in Japan is a hot topic for households managing monthly budgets – and increasingly for the central bank as ...

The price of rice has continued to surge after it jumped last summer as a shortage triggered by extreme hot weather in 2023 ...

Centenarians eat foods like beans, leafy greens, nuts, and whole grains. Many of them focus on a plant-based diet.

Once thought of as a byproduct of collard greens, brothy, complex potlikker takes on new life as a wonderful base for a ...

Food inflation in Japan is a hot topic for households managing monthly budgets – and increasingly for the central bank as ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will release its stockpile of rice — the nation's cherished staple food — reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices.

Japan's government has announced it will release one fifth of the country's emergency rice stockpile, equivalent to 210,000 tons, to combat the steep price of rice that has made the staple food ...