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

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

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to sack farm minister Taku Eto following remarks the minister made about rice, ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is considering ... But the ministry decided on the release on the condition that the same amount of rice is bought back, in principle, within ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

TOKYO — Rice is a staple in Japanese culture and cuisine, so much so that the word for “meal” is synonymous with “cooked rice.” But demand for the grain is rapidly outstripping supply ...

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 ...

Korean rice offered for about 25 percent less than Japanese rice was sold out. Signs in the store announced it would be back in stock on May 3. The rice being exported to Japan was cultivated in ...