Facing a severe rice shortage and skyrocketing prices, Japan is increasingly turning to foreign rice varieties. This shift ...

Japan limits tariff-free "minimum access" imports of staple rice to 100,000 metric tons a year, or around 1% of total ...

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had ...

Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin on Tuesday said rice prices are expected to become more affordable within the next two weeks as boro rice arrives in the market. "Unfortunately, rice prices have ...

Japan's rice prices rose to a record average of 4,214 yen ($29) per 5 kilograms, more than double the level a year earlier, the government said Monday, suggesting that recent stockpile releases have ...

With stable palay prices and sustained government interventions, Antique is emerging as a model for provinces striving ...

Japan's core inflation probably accelerated in March from the previous month as rice prices rose, a Reuters poll showed, a ...