With domestic rice prices remaining high in Japan, demand is increasing for cheaper imported grain. The agriculture ministry ...

The agriculture ministry plans to export 350,000 tons of rice in 2030, nearly eight times the amount in 2024, as part of a ...

Japan is releasing rice from its national emergency stockpile for the first time to combat shortages. High temperatures reducing rice production and stockpiling are thought to be behind the problem.

Japan's convenience stores are responding to the rapid increase in rice prices by using different techniques to extend the ...

The Japanese government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly unthinkable.” By Kiuko Notoya and Yan Zhuang Kiuko Notoya reported from ...

Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030, a ministry official said Thursday, despite currently suffering a domestic shortage of the grain. The country's rice consumption has ...

supermarkets throughout Japan displayed signs that read, 'One bag of rice and brown rice per family only.' This was because rice supply was unstable, leading to shortages. Reports have also surfaced ...

The agriculture ministry said Friday that it has selected successful bidders for 141,796 tons of government-stockpiled rice in the initial round of an auction aimed at curbing recent increases in ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by factors from poor ...

Rice prices have soared in Japan - Copyright AFP Kazuhiro NOGI Rice prices have soared in Japan - Copyright AFP Kazuhiro NOGI The Japanese government began a rare ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by factors from ...