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

The official data released Friday showed rice prices up a whopping 98.4 percent compared to April 2024 following a 92.5-percent increase in March ...

Japanese inflation spiked at a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on the central bank as it mulls more interest rate hikes ...

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.

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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