Tokyo stocks rebounded Friday morning, lifted by firm semiconductor issues after gains by their U.S. counterparts and a ...

Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday it will review rules to switch driver's licenses from other countries to ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ...

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Wakayama prefectural police presented a certificate of ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday sacked farm minister Taku Eto over a controversial remark that sparked ...

Eto's controversial comments came when his ministry decided to release rice from emergency stockpiles to help curb prices that have roughly doubled from a year earlier due to a poor harvest, and the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday (May 21) dismissed Agriculture Minister Taku Eto over a controversial ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Wednesday to take necessary steps to lower rice prices that have doubled over the past year, but repeatedly rejected opposition calls to ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

Japan's agriculture minister quits after his comments anger the public as the country grapples with shortages and rising ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Farm Minister Taku Eto resigned Wednesday after facing a backlash over a remark that struck a nerve ...