Asia’s benchmark rice price dropped to the lowest level in almost eight years, signaling potentially lower food bills ahead ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said she was keeping a close eye on possible second-round effects on ...

The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) is currently studying how the government could keep rice prices ...

Global rice prices, which have tumbled to multi-year lows, are unlikely to fall further with top exporter India's currency firming, but bulging Indian stockpiles and a bumper Asian crop will cap ...

The average retail price of rice has declined for the second week in a row, the first such consecutive drop in about six months, according to data released by the farm ministry on June 9.

Some people started eating more rice after prices of bread and noodles rose when the Russia-Ukraine war pushed wheat prices higher. And the 2023 harvest was relatively poor because of hot weather ...

Rice prices in Japan more than doubled in May, spiking 101.7% year over year and marking their largest increase in over half a century. Stream Philadelphia News for free, 24/7, wherever you are ...

Some people started eating more rice after prices of bread and noodles rose when the Russia-Ukraine war pushed wheat prices higher. And the 2023 harvest was relatively poor because of hot weather ...

TOKYO >> When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety.

Rice started disappearing from supermarket shelves, and prices surged to twice normal levels since last summer, when a warning about a possible “megaquake” triggered panic buying.