Japan’s ongoing rice shortage is bringing greater awareness to farmers’ issues, and greater scrutiny to the long-dominant ...

Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as food inflation showed signs of ...

Prices soar 99.2% in June year-on-year as support for Shigeru Ishiba sinks to a record low ahead of weekend polls.

While Japan’s rice crisis is especially severe, it’s also part of a broader trend: Food prices around the world have been ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed today, piling further pressure on Prime Minister ...

In the United States, Social Security is often referred to as the "third rail," meaning you touch it at your peril. In Japan, ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year on year, official data showed on Friday, piling further pressure on ...

Farming communities, a key base for the Liberal Democratic Party, are increasingly voicing their distress at how the rice ...

Japan is expected to produce 7.35 million tons of rice this year, marking a record increase of 560,000 tons from the harvest ...