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 ... on top of 310,000 released from emergency stockpiles since March, which marked the ...

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

Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never ...

Japan’s farm minister, Taku Eto, stepped down following public outrage over his remark that he never had to buy rice because ...

TOKYO — Japan’s agriculture minister resigned ... The unprecedented release from emergency rice stockpiles was seen in part as an attempt to figure out distribution problems.

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned after remarks about rice gifts incited severe criticism amid rising rice prices. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appointed Shinjiro Koizumi, a reform advocate, ...

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned ... The unprecedented release from emergency rice stockpiles was seen in part as an attempt to figure out distribution problems. The government has ...