Will the government's release of 210,000 tons of stockpiled rice ease supermarket prices that have more than doubled over the ...

Japan's agriculture ministry on May 16 announced a revision of the bidding system under which government stockpiled rice is ...

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

(Mainichi/Kazugi Yamaguchi) TOKYO -- Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops ... the price of their stock by about 100 yen (some 70 ...

The Japanese government will release additional stockpiled rice every month until the end of July to stabilize soaring prices, farm minister Taku Eto said Wednesday. The announcement comes as price ...

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 ...

The release of the stockpiled rice did not have the intended effect of holding down retail rice prices due to delays in shipments to such outlets because of a shortage of delivery trucks.

Shoppers may soon get welcome relief for soaring rice prices as the government started the release of its massive stockpile of the staple food stored for emergencies on March 18. The government ...

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy. The price of the grain ...

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 is considering expanding American rice exports as part of trade negotiations with the U.S., in a bid to reverse President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Japanese exports, Nikkei has ...