The Japanese government is releasing supplies from its emergency rice stockpile for the first time to address shortages that ...

Ripe rice plants are pictured in Miyagi Prefecture in this file photo taken on Aug. 28, 2017. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to increase the country's rice exports by ...

Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030, a ministry official said Thursday, despite currently suffering a domestic shortage of the grain. The country's rice consumption has ...

The Japanese government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly unthinkable.” By Kiuko Notoya and Yan Zhuang Kiuko Notoya reported from ...

Private rice inventories in Japan amounted to 1.56 million tonnes in June 2024, the lowest end-of-season volume since 1999 when comparable data was first collected, according to the agriculture ...

Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise, hitting a new record at an average 4,172 yen ($28) per 5 kilograms, the government said Monday with the first batch of its released stockpiles soon to hit ...

The agriculture ministry said Friday that it has selected successful bidders for 141,796 tons of government-stockpiled rice in the initial round of an auction aimed at curbing recent increases in ...

“Look at Japan, tariffing rice 700%,” US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday during a press conference. She pointed to a chart that appeared to list tariff percentages from countries ...

Rice prices have soared in Japan - Copyright AFP Kazuhiro NOGI Rice prices have soared in Japan - Copyright AFP Kazuhiro NOGI The Japanese government began a rare ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by factors from ...