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

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

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

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 ...

The agriculture ministry plans to export 350,000 tons of rice in 2030, nearly eight times the amount in 2024, as part of a ...

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 ...

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

The amount of rice a household in Japan bought in 2024 rose 6.3 percent from a year earlier despite soaring prices, government data showed Saturday, as fears of a shortage of the main staple likely ...

Japan is releasing rice from its national emergency stockpile for the first time to combat shortages. High temperatures reducing rice production and stockpiling are thought to be behind the problem.

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

(Mainichi/Shoko Washizu) SAITAMA -- Rice prices in Japan have continued to surge since ... if this will lead to any relief, while one farmer in Saitama Prefecture spoke of harvests "halved ...