TOKYO >> Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July ...

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 in sky-high prices.

Soaring rice prices accelerating overall food inflation to 7.0 per cent in April, from 6.2 per cent in March. Read more at ...

Japan's core inflation rate accelerated in April to 3.5 percent as rice prices almost doubled year-on-year, official data ...

TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday over his inappropriate remark about buying rice as the public ...