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

Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. He says that ...

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The increase in Japanese demand for rice contrasts with the apparent trends in its consumption. Rice consumption decreased from 118 kg per capita in 1962 to 51 kg in 2022. Since 1971, the government ...

Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.

The government has announced plans to end its policy of limiting rice production and to phase out related subsidies by 2018 in a major shift from the decades-long program aimed at keeping up rice ...

However, unlike the 1993 "rice crisis," when a cold summer led to poor harvests and forced Japan to import the grain, this year's crop conditions were about average.

TOKYO — Japan’s agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata -- Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a meeting here on July 7, calling it irresponsible ...