A staple of the country's cuisine, rice has seen soaring prices in Japan, prompting the government to step in with its own stockpiles in a bid to stabilize the market. Taku Eto, Japan's ...

Japan's government has announced it will release one fifth of the country's emergency rice stockpile, equivalent to 210,000 tons, to combat the steep price of rice that has made the staple food ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan will sell 210,000 tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain. The average retail price for 5 kilograms of rice surged 82% ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to release government rice reserves as a measure against ...

Japan's private rice imports have already reached a record-high 468 tons in the current fiscal year through March, driven by robust demand from restaurants amid soaring prices for the domestic crop, ...

Tokyo, Japan — The Japanese government said Friday it will release its stockpile of rice — the nation’s cherished staple food — reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices.

Tokyo (AFP) – The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) --p>Japan's government said Friday it will release rice from its stockpile to stabilize the supply in the market and counteract rapidly rising rice prices. The government released ...

he Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly doubled prices over a ...

The Japanese Government said on Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic-buying over a “megaquake” warning nearly doubled ...

TOKYO – The Japanese government said on Feb 14 that it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a “mega quake” warning ...