The stockpiled rice is being released from a storage facility in Saitama Prefecture. The agriculture ministry has revised its policy to allow for rice distribution from its emergency reserves in ...

This marks a policy shift to utilize stockpiled ... as the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations and has yet to fully identify the causes. If the release of rice reserves ...

The government has revised its regulations governing stockpiled rice ... The sharp increase in prices of this staple food strains national living standards and disproportionately affects low ...

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has begun accepting bids in the second round of an auction for ...