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

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

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

Government leaders in Japan released emergency rice supplies as rising prices and poor harvest increase political pressure.

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

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

Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi, who scrapped that system upon taking his post on ...

Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long queues to snatch up cheap, emergency-use grain made available through some ...

Japanese rice demand has decreased over recent ... government's long-term rice production policy. The unprecedented release from emergency rice stockpiles was seen in part as an attempt to figure ...

Japanese rice demand has decreased over recent ... s long-term rice production policy. The unprecedented release from emergency rice stockpiles was seen in part as an attempt to figure out ...

In January 2025, the government made a new rule allowing it to release ... occur, emergency imports of “table rice,” served on its own as a key component of meals in Japan, could become ...

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