All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

The Japanese government is aiming to lower rice prices by selling further supplies of stockpiled rice directly to retailers.

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

The shortage has continued to bite despite the government releasing 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three ...

Japan's government started accepting applications for the next round of sales of stockpiled rice on Wednesday. The program ...

Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long ...

Nintendo Switch 2 is still only being sold via lottery in Japan, which means you can’t just walk into a store and buy one.

No longer confined to the imagination, the food of the future is available to see and even eat for attendees of the 2025 ...

At a game center in this eastern Japan city near Tokyo, children try to win prizes in a crane game. But here, the winnings ...

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