The country's staple food law stipulates that releases of government-stockpiled rice be used to cover 'supply shortages due ...

Japan's rice exports hit a fresh record high in 2025. But they grew at a slower pace, as the high price of home-grown rice ...

TOKYO -- Japan has been beset by high rice prices for months, with a 5-kilogram bag selling for an average of 4,188 yen ...

The Japanese government is releasing supplies from its emergency rice stockpile for the first time to address shortages that have sparked price rises.

After months of increasing rice prices, Japanese consumers may be finally getting some relief. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. Data from Japan's agriculture ministry ...

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 ...

KISARAZU, Japan (Reuters) -At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a chance to get a kilo or so of Japanese rice for 500 yen ($3.32) by carefully heaping as much of ...

Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Japan has been contending with a rice shortage ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look after the lush fields at the base of Mount Daisetsu. The pristine snow melt ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...

After months of increasing rice prices, Japanese consumers may be finally getting some relief. Data from Japan's agriculture ministry revealed that the average price of a five-kg bag of rice had ...