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

The official data released Friday showed rice prices up a whopping 98.4 percent compared to April 2024 following a 92.5-percent increase in March ...

Japanese inflation spiked to a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on ...

Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

Japan’s rice prices have surged over 150%, triggering supermarket rationing, emergency reserves, and a ministerial ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture Taku Eto stepped down from his office after making a remark about rice that many in the ...

Japan's agriculture minister stepped down Wednesday, days after admitting he's never bought rice—an offhand remark that ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto’s remarks on rice, deemed insensitive by many, cost him his position, forcing him to resign ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.