The Japanese government will ease its policy on releasing stockpiled rice as a step to counter rising prices, altering the current stance of limiting discharge to times of poor harvests, the farm ...

Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the ...

Teikoku Databank, a research company that tracks historic changes in the cost of assembling a plate of Japan’s beloved curry rice, found that the cost of the dish hit an all-time high of ¥377 in ...

Japan is set to implement a policy enabling the government to instruct farmers to submit production increase plans if ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Japan's farm minister on Friday said the government plans to release its stockpiled rice for the first time to alleviate ...

Japanese homemaker Kirina Mochizuki has always considered "okonomiyaki" savoury pancakes the ultimate comfort food: simple, ...

Welcome to our new column, "Ask the Tokyo Dietitian," that provides expert insights on food and nutrition – tailored ...

The number of food items whose prices are set to be raised in February is up 1.8% from a year before at 1,656, a survey by ...