Rice prices in Japan rose 81 percent last month compared with the corresponding month last year, the steepest increase since ...

The Japanese government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly ...

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

On April 2, Trump is set to impose reciprocal tariffs so that U.S. tariffs will be raised to the levels imposed by other countries. If Washington takes issue with Japan’s tariffs on rice and ...

For the first batch of rice set for auction, the government has disclosed ... to pick up the rice by the end of April. Rice prices in Japan have been increasing even after extreme shortages ...

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.

The Japanese government aims to raise rice exports sevenfold by 2030 from last year's amount. Sources familiar with the matter said the government will set a goal of increasing rice exports, including ...

“Look at Japan, tariffing rice 700%,” US Press Secretary Karoline ... The criticism came before extra tariffs on steel and aluminum were set to take effect hours later as Trump forges ahead ...

TOKYO -- The drastic rise of rice prices in Japan has not stopped households from buying more of the dietary staple. The price of rice jumped by 70.9% in January from a year earlier, consumer ...

Of the total rice harvested in Japan by the end of this September ... on track to fall below the record of 20.3 percent set in 2010. For Koshihikari, a popular rice variety grown on more than ...

Rice from Japan's national grain reserve is poured into ... noon for inspection and removal of foreign materials. The rice is set to be milled within days, with Satoru Fujii, head of JA Zen ...