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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 ...
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 furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.
The Japanese government will move forward ... The government has been releasing rice from its emergency stockpile in an effort to stabilize prices, and consumers have been standing in long queues ...
All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...