The results of a rare, closely watched auction in Japan ... rice is available, Japanese people are worried right now.” Mr. Iizuka sells rice raw by the bag, and cooked in the form of rice balls ...

Tokyo, Japan — The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven ...

“Look at Japan, tariffing rice 700%,” US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday during a press conference. She pointed to a chart that appeared to list tariff percentages from countries ...

For rice production, the plan presented to the Liberal Democratic Party gathering aims to increase the number of farmers managing fields of 15 hectares or larger and reduce production costs from ...

Tokyo, March 14 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry said Friday that it has selected successful bidders for 141,796 tons of government-stockpiled rice in the initial round of an auction ...

With rice prices still high in Japan, the government has announced the release of some of its stockpiles of the staple grain. On February 14, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...

WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — The United States on Tuesday criticized Japan over its tariff on rice imports. “Look at Japan, tariffing rice, 700%,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt created a stir in Japan on Wednesday when she accused Japan of imposing a 700% tariff on American rice as an example of what the U.S. government views ...

Rice shortages driven by factors from poor harvests caused by hot weather to panic-buying over a "megaquake" warning last summer have caused prices to nearly double over a year. Exacerbating the ...