The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Tuesday that it will gradually slow the reduction of its Japanese Government Bond (JGB) purchases beginning in April 2026, while keeping its benchmark interest ...

Japan's average supermarket rice prices fell for the third straight week through June 8, data showed on Monday, reflecting ...

The government decided on Friday to prohibit the reselling of rice purchased at retail shops to ensure that rice reserves ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

A simmering crisis over staple rice has suddenly boiled over in Japan. Since 2023, a punishing heatwave slashed harvests to their lowest in over a decade.  As of June 2025, a 5-kilogram bag of ...