Japan's average supermarket rice prices fell for the third straight week through June 8, data showed on Monday, reflecting ...

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

Japan plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, farm ...

Japan will release 200,000 more metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles to address the doubling in prices since ...

The average price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice at supermarkets in the week through June 1 was ¥4,223, down ¥37 from the ...

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of stockpiled rice to ...

Japan plans to release an additional 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, ...

Japan plans to release another 200,000 tons of rice from government stockpiles through direct contracts with retailers, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday, in the latest effort to curb ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

Retailers who previously bought stockpiled rice under no-bid contracts can reapply, but only for amounts they can sell by ...

Japan's agriculture minister said on Tuesday that the government plans to release more stockpiled rice to rein in soaring prices for the staple food.