U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass, who assumed his position in April, contributed an opinion piece to the Mainichi ...

Persistent rice overproduction in Japan means that soaring rice prices are a symptom of systemic issues within Japan’s rice ...

Japan's agriculture ministry has begun accepting applications from small and mid-sized retailers to buy government-stockpiled ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan aims to drastically cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kg and speed up getting rice ...

Japan paused its sale of rice reserves after seeing a fast response from retailers, in a positive sign for the government’s ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

Nineteen Japanese companies have applied to purchase the government's stockpiled rice, with contracts expected to be ...

Japan will sell additional stockpiles of rice at a fixed price with an aim to halve soaring costs, newly-appointed ...

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” ...

Japan aims to cut stockpiled rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms (11 lb) and get rice onto shop shelves more ...