The Japanese government plans to curb retail prices of stockpiled rice to some 2,000 yen per 5 kilograms, agriculture ...

Japan’s new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

The country has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March but that has yet to translate to lower supermarket ...

The consumer price reading rising 3.2% will likely cement expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates.