TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese supermarket rice prices rose for the 16th straight week and doubled from a year ago, the ...

I n Japan, the ruling government is weighing whether or not to put rice on the table. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have ...

Agriculture officials are calling for the restoration of key regulatory powers to the National Food Authority (NFA), saying ...

Top rice importers like the Philippines can heave a sigh of relief as international prices of the staple grain are expected to fall this year owing to ample global supply, the World Bank said in its ...

Imports for 2025 would only be 3.8 million to 4 million tons. In 2024, the Philippines was the world’s biggest rice importer – 3.8 million metric tons, surpassing the previous record high of 3 ...

The government has not ruled out the possibility of increasing rice imports from several regional countries following the ...

as well as the impact of lower rice import tariff which took effect early July last year. To illustrate the contraction in rice inflation seen last month, Mapa bared the year-on-year national average ...

Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the turmoil in both countries is expected to affect ...

BANGKOK: Thai rice exports in the first quarter of 2025 totaled 2.1 million tonnes, a decrease of about 30 per cent.