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 ...

World shares were mixed on Wednesday while oil prices jumped more than 1 per cent after a report by CNN said Israel may be planning an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. A CNN report cited unnamed ...

A Japanese official who said he never had to buy rice because he received it from supporters as a gift has resigned. The ...