The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the ...

Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto on Monday came under fire after saying that he does not need to buy rice because he receives ...

Japan will release an additional 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile by July to address a nationwide ...

Rice farmers in Japan are changing their business models in a bid to satisfy domestic demand amid historically high prices.

Among the measures is an auction quota for bidders ready to sell stockpiled rice to retailers within a month of purchase.

The government is expected to release about 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice monthly through July, in addition to 321,000 tons of reserve rice sold in three auctions conducted between March and April, ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese agriculture ministry is considering releasing 100,000 tons of government-stockpiled rice through auctions planned to be held every month in May-July ...

Japan's rice prices ... Forestry and Fisheries. Rice supply has recently tightened, partly due to last summer's high temperatures and growing demand from a surge in inbound tourism. The government has ...

Japan’s efforts to curb soaring rice prices by releasing stockpiles and easing import restrictions have had limited effect, with analysts warning the country’s long-standing agricultural ...

WHEN a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year ... That’s despite a rare release of rice from the government’s emergency stockpiles that started in March and is ...

TOKYO -- Japan's private sector is expected to import roughly 20 times more rice in fiscal 2025 than the year before, as a historic surge in the price of the staple grain leads restaurants and ...