The agriculture ministry will sell older batches of stockpiled rice to smaller retailers and rice shops via no-bid contracts, ...

Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Monday revealed the details of a no-bid contract procedure, in which the government will ...

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

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