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(Mainichi/Wataru Okubo) WASHINGTON (Mainichi) -- Soaring rice prices in Japan triggered by the "rice upheaval" last summer have surprised Japanese expatriates in the United States, as it remains ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) --p>Japan's government said Friday it will release rice from its stockpile to stabilize the supply in the market and counteract rapidly rising rice prices. The government released ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AFP) — The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by factors from poor ...

Tokyo (AFP) – The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly ...

Rice prices have soared in Japan - Copyright AFP Kazuhiro NOGI Rice prices have soared in Japan - Copyright AFP Kazuhiro NOGI The Japanese government began a rare ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by factors from ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will release its stockpile of rice – the nation’s cherished staple food – reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices. The government has ...