Rice prices hike by 98% despite Japan's imports for 1st time in years due to decreased production, with no projection for ...

A simmering crisis over staple rice has suddenly boiled over in Japan. Since 2023, a punishing heatwave slashed harvests to their lowest in over a decade.  As of June 2025, a 5-kilogram bag of ...

TOKYO, June 10 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan plans to release another 200,000 tonnes of rice from government stockpiles through ...

The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

To cope with shortfalls this year, the government has released rice reserves. But the grain has been slow to reach ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may dissolve parliament if the opposition submits a no-confidence motion against him, ...

Accountability is one of the fundamental pillars of democratic governance. It ensures that public officials act in the best interests of citizens and that they are held responsible for their decisions ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Japan’s agriculture minister, Taku Eto, has resigned following a public outcry over comments made about the ongoing rice price crisis. Mr Eto ...

Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned Wednesday after he raised an uproar by saying he "never had to buy rice," because his supporters give it to him as gifts. The remark was seen as utterly out ...

New data has revealed just how much Japan is being drubbed by the current global economic uncertainty. Inflation spiked at a two-year high in April as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on the ...

Consumers are frustrated and wondering where’s the rice? Why did the farm minister resign? Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned Wednesday after he raised an uproar by saying he "never had to ...