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

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 ...

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.

(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% ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 doubled prices over ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) 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" ...