All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

A guide to Japan’s rice from past harvests, currently being released from government stockpiles in a bid to tackle high ...

Japan will hold a tender for tariff-free imported staple rice this month, earlier than the usual auction in September, to ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says that sales of stockpiled rice will widen to stores across the country on Friday.

Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

Rice is a household staple in Japan, but supermarkets have been having trouble keeping shelves stocked after a wave of panic ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

Government leaders in Japan released emergency rice supplies as rising prices and poor harvest increase political pressure.

This year's first auction for rice as staple food will take place on June 27 instead of the usual September, agriculture ...

The shortage has continued to bite despite the government releasing 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three ...

The Japanese government is aiming to lower rice prices by selling further supplies of stockpiled rice directly to retailers.

The resurgence of a major rice pest is a headache for growers in Japan.