Japan's government said Friday it will release up to 210,000 tons of rice from its stockpile in an effort to stabilize the ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will release its stockpile of rice — the nation’s cherished staple food — reserved for ...

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

The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests ...

“Shouldn’t the government have taken measures to ease the rules for selling stockpiled rice last summer?” said Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at the Nomura Research Institute. Add TheJapanNews ...

Tokyo, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry Friday unveiled a new system to sell some government-stockpiled rice reserved for emergency use, after rice prices soared last summer amid ...

CPI in Tokyo has been above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target for three months. Rice was a standout. Prices for the widely-consumed staple surged by 70.7 percent. That's the biggest ...

Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Japan is set to respond to the highest rice prices on record by making it easier to tap its ...

A farm ministry panel discusses in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2025, the release of government-stockpiled rice. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government will ease its policy on releasing stockpiled ...

Japanese curry is a hearty dish that has roots that trace back to the Meiji Period. The ingredients for curry are simple (a choice of protein, some vegetables and curry roux) and is simple enough to ...

Hetty Lui McKinnon is a food writer and cookbook author with a passion for vegetables. She's the author of five vegetarian cookbooks, and won the James Beard Award for Vegetable-Focused cooking in ...