Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as rice inflation showed signs of ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.

By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that Japan was not buying American rice, putting pressure on Tokyo as it struggles ...

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Negotiations have stalled ahead of next week’s deadline, with some suggesting Japan misjudged the depth of President Trump’s ...

The decrease in exports was a reversal of the 0.5% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters, and comes amid a lack of a ...

Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and other commercial wholesalers have been 400,000 tons short of last year's levels, hitting a record low 1.53 million tons as of June, farm ministry ...

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said ...