Japan's private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a ...

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Rice prices in Japan have started to ease, falling below Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s target of below 4,000 yen for a five ...

Japan's average retail rice prices fell below 4,000 yen ($27) for the first time in four months, data showed on Monday, after ...

TOKYO -- Rice imports by Japanese companies shot up in May, government trade data shows, as retailers and restaurants try to cope with elevated domestic prices.

TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has validated that around 30% of the rice auctioned from ...

Japan’s furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.

Tokyo, Jun 27 (Kyodo/APP): Private sector imports of tariffed rice to Japan in May were 3.5 times the total volume brought in during all of fiscal 2024, revised government trade data showed Friday, as ...

Japan's rice prices have doubled in a year, straining households and fueling political tension ahead of key elections ...

Taiwanese rice exports to Japan reached 7,759 tonnes in the first five months of this year, a sixfold increase amid a 101.7 ...

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

Japan is not often considered to be a nation of unrest. But it takes rice seriously. Eto Taku, the country’s agriculture ...