The Japanese government on March 18 handed over rice from its national reserve for sale on the open market -- the first batch ...

The government set aside 231,000 tons to be released ... For a nation that runs on rice — the average Japanese person consumed about 110 pounds of rice per year as of 2022, compared with ...

The Japanese government is releasing rice from its emergency reserve for the first time to address a supermarket shortage and soaring prices. Japan's agriculture ministry held an auction last week ...

The Japanese government aims to raise rice exports sevenfold by 2030 from last year's amount. Sources familiar with the ...

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 ...

Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030 ... especially as the ageing population shrinks. "We plan to set a goal of 350,000 tons in 2030," an objective likely to be approved ...

That's a significant drop from the record 77 set in January. Rice prices at supermarkets across Japan have nearly doubled from a year earlier amid supply uncertainty. "It's hard to afford rice on ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Japan — Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030 ... noodles and other energy sources. “We plan to set a goal of 350,000 tonnes in 2030,” an objective likely ...