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

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

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 ...