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

New research into ancient Japanese rice farming suggests that significant technological development does not always mean the ...

HAENAM, South Korea / TOKYO: Japan is grappling with rice shortages and price hikes, forcing it to ramp up imports. Just ...

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

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

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

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

Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house in Sunday’s vote.

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

The drastic measures taken by Prime Minister Ishiba to curb rice inflation have had little effect, fueling discontent among ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices ...