The Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA ... to match the new goal of price stabilization. Second, stockpiled rice was released without setting metrics to evaluate the policy’s effectiveness.

To solve the problem of soaring rice prices, Japan’s turning to a classic retailer’s playbook: rebranding the old as “vintage ...

The Japanese government is releasing stockpiled rice to retailers at reduced prices to address high consumer costs.

Japan’s core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent. This happened as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data showed Friday. The consumer price reading excluding fresh food ...

This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

fearing prices would fall, said Kazuhito Yamashita, research director at the Canon Institute for Global Studies. Japan could have avoided the problem by allowing more rice to be planted and ...

Japan aims to cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms (11 lb) and get rice onto shop shelves more ...

Japan has been grappling with soaring rice prices for months as inclement weather and the country's long-held policy to protect local farmers' interests crimps supplies. Taku's resignation comes ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto on Monday ... Despite emerging signs of stabilization, the average rice price has roughly doubled from around the same time last year, partly because of a poor ...

TOKYO (AP) — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen ...

fearing prices would fall, Kazuhito Yamashita, research director at the Canon Institute for Global Studies. Japan could have avoided the problem by allowing more rice to be planted and exporting ...