Lawmakers have been questioning whether auctioning stockpiled rice is really effective in bringing down prices.

With opposition parties holding a majority in the lower house, they managed to band together on Wednesday and push the ruling ...

Eto bears heavy responsibility for undermining public trust in agricultural policies, and his departure, marking the first ...

Japan will waive basic water bills will for Tokyo residents this summer to combat the impact of extreme heat, the government ...

When Japan's farm minister declared that he never had to buy rice because his supporters give him "plenty" of it as gifts, he ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dismissed his agriculture minister Wednesday after an off-the-cuff remark about gifted rice ...

Former Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi was appointed the new agriculture minister on Wednesday following the ...

Taku Eto may forever be known as Japan’s modern-day Marie Antoinette. At a time when the price of rice is at a record high, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has asked the new agriculture minister, Koizumi Shinjiro, to make efforts to stabilize rice prices.

During a White House meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, President Trump showed a video and waved around ...

Japan's new agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi vowed to bring down prices of rice, after his predecessor was forced to resign over a gaffe. Taku Eto had caused an uproar after joking he never had ...