Rice in Japan's supermarkets hit a record-high average of 4,220 yen including tax (some $30) for 5 kilograms over April 14 to ...

By bno - Jakarta bureau Japan is grappling with a major rice shortage, as stores struggle to keep up with demand and soaring ...

Japan’s rice crisis calls for a critical reassessment of agricultural policies that have weakened its food security in an ...

Japan recorded a trade deficit for the fiscal year that just ended but racked up a $63 billion surplus with the United States ...

Japan limits tariff-free "minimum access" imports of staple rice to 100,000 tons a year under World Trade Organisation rules, or around 1 per cent of total consumption. ($1 = 143.6300 yen) Source ...

Some Japanese tourists are even buying rice on their trips to other Asian countries. An 11-pound bag of rice cost on average about $30, including tax, in the second week of April — more than ...

Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a ...

The Gohyakumangoku species, which originates from Niigata Prefecture and is described as the top-quality sake rice in eastern Japan, was valued at around 16,000 yen, excluding tax, during the same ...

A Japan-based company affiliated with ... website for about 29 dollars including consumption tax and shipping. The company says all the rice it imported in March has been sold.

(Mainichi/Kengo Miura) TOKYO -- Rice in Japan's supermarkets hit a record-high average of 4,220 yen including tax (some $30) for 5 kilograms over April 14 to 20, the country's agriculture ministry ...

TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Japanese supermarket rice prices rose for the 16th straight week and doubled from a year ago, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, despite the government's release ...