By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency ...

Japan's new agriculture minister Koizumi Shinjiro has pledged to tackle soaring rice prices as he officially takes over from ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak its purchasing policy to counter a shortage and rein ...

When Japan's farm minister declared that he never had to buy rice because his supporters give him "plenty" of it as gifts, he ...

I made an extremely inappropriate remark at a time when consumers are struggling with soaring rice prices,” Taku Eto said.

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned over his controversial comments about getting free rice from supporters amid ...

The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of ...