Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain ...

Japan’s rice prices have surged over 150%, triggering supermarket rationing, emergency reserves, and a ministerial ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture Taku Eto stepped down from his office after making a remark about rice that many in the public found out of touch with consumers.

Japan minister resigns after saying he’s never bought rice - Taku Eto acknowledges making ‘an extremely inappropriate remark ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto’s remarks on rice, deemed insensitive by many, cost him his position, forcing him to resign ...

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

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

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However, that is just a tiny fraction of the total stockpiles that were auctioned. Agriculture minister Eto Taku said on April 8 that the rice from the national reserves was expected to hit store ...