The so-called "core-core" inflation rate, which strips out prices of both fresh food and energy and is closely monitored by ...

Japan's rice prices have doubled in a year, straining households and fueling political tension ahead of key elections ...

Japan is not often considered to be a nation of unrest. But it takes rice seriously. Eto Taku, the country’s agriculture ...

Taiwanese rice exports to Japan reached 7,759 tonnes in the first five months of this year, a sixfold increase amid a 101.7 ...

Japan's core consumer prices in May rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier, marking the biggest increase in more than two years ...

Japan’s furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.

Annual core inflation, which excludes fresh food, at 3.7% in May, while rice prices up 101.7% year-on-year, according to ...

Rice prices hike by 98% despite Japan's imports for 1st time in years due to decreased production, with no projection for ...

The price of rice doubled in Japan in the 12 months to May, data showed on Friday, as an acceleration in inflation piled ...

By understanding farmers' medium- and long-term plans on planting areas and others, the government aims to promote a drastic ...

Japan just shut down a high-level meeting with the United States after the Trump administration increased its demand for ...