The cost of rice is soaring in Japan, prompting the government to step in with its own stockpiles in a bid to stabilize the ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests ...

This will be the first time the Japanese government is taking such measures due to disruption to distribution. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan is about to flood the market with nearly a quarter of a million tons of rice stocks in an unprecedented move to combat ...

Amid high prices for rice resulting from supply bottlenecks, the government said Friday it will start releasing 210,000 ...

Sources say Japan's agriculture ministry has decided to release 210,000 tons of government reserve rice as prices of the country's staple grain remain high.

There has been no release of stockpiled rice due to poor harvests in recent years, but some 40,000 tons were supplied to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ordered the swift implementation of measures to give consumers relief from ...

The Japanese government plans to expedite the release of its stockpiled rice to curb soaring prices, with details on the ...

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