This surprising change in Japan's protectionist approach comes as imports from South Korea and the US grow, domestic ...

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Japan’s agriculture ministry said that till April 6, prices of 5 5-kilogram bag of rice stood at  4,214 yen, or about 29 ...

Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops stockpiled by the ...

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The Japanese government on April 9 announced that it would release another 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice onto the market -- ...

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TOKYO >> When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did ...