Japan's average supermarket rice prices fell for the third straight week through June 8, data showed on Monday, reflecting ...

Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national ...

Japan plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, farm ...

Japan will release 200,000 more metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles to address the doubling in prices since ...

The average price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice at supermarkets in the week through June 1 was ¥4,223, down ¥37 from the ...

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of stockpiled rice to ...

Japan plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, ...

Facing escalating public grievances over soaring rice prices and with a crucial national election looming this summer, Prime ...

Japan plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday, in the latest effort to curb ...

Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long queues to snatch up cheap, emergency-use grain made available through some ...