Facing escalating public grievances over soaring rice prices and with a crucial national election looming this summer, Prime ...

Japan said on Friday that "all options" were being considered to stabilise rice prices, including the use of up to 100,000 ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday hinted at initiating emergency rice imports if the government fails to bring down prices, saying there should be no "sacred cows" in agricultural ...

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's agriculture minister, Taku Eto, resigned on May 21 just six months into his term, following a public backlash to his ...

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. Get top local Connecticut ...

"Rice is the stable food for the Japanese. When its prices are rising every week, (Eto's) resignation is only natural," said Shizuko Oshima, 73. The shortfall started last August on panic buying ...

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 ...