Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the grain. The government will discuss selling part of its strategic rice ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will revise its policy on releasing "stockpiled rice" only during poor harvests, to include other times when smooth ...

the increase in rice prices over a four-year period exceeded that of the price of fuel and feed for livestock over the same time frame. The decisive factor may have been the Bank of Japan’s ...

Japan's agriculture ministry says retail rice prices are at all-time highs. The average per 5 kilograms at about 1,000 supermarkets nationwide climbed to a record 3,650 yen, or 24 dollars ...

A worker sifts a rice stockpile in Thailand. Japan stockpiles 1 million tons of rice that it will soon tap to lower prices.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ordered the swift implementation of measures to give consumers relief from inflated food prices, including an unprecedented release of stockpiled rice to ...