Japan’s release of rice stockpiles has so far failed to stem soaring prices for the domestic staple, leaving consumers still ...

Japan's staple food is in short supply and everything from bad harvests to rising tourist numbers is being blamed ...

It's a sharp contrast to 1993, when the Thai rice the Japanese government imported during an acute shortage was largely shunned, leaving supermarkets with piles of unsold bags. Rare shortages ...

Rice prices have continued to climb at supermarkets across Japan despite the arrival of recently released national stockpiles on store shelves.