Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to sack farm minister Taku Eto following remarks the minister made about rice, ...

Consumers feeling the pain of rising rice prices in Japan are voicing anger at agriculture minister Taku Eto over recent ...

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has apologized for the agriculture minister's controversial comments about rice. But he ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has apologized for inappropriate remarks made by his agriculture minister amid soaring ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto apologised on Monday after saying he had "never had to buy rice" thanks to gifts from ...

Rice farmers in Japan are changing their business models in a bid to satisfy domestic demand amid historically high prices.

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto on Monday came under fire after saying that he does not need to buy rice because he receives ...

Remarks by Japan's farm minister Taku Eto that he does not need to buy rice because he receives it from supporters sparked ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba raised eyebrows on Monday by saying that his country’s fiscal situation was worse than ...

Retail rice prices in Japan climbed for the 19th time in 20 weeks, with limited impact from government stockpile releases ...

TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July and tweak its purchasing policy to counter a shortage ...

By extending the limit to five years, the government hopes to secure more bidders and promote the circulation of stockpiled ...