There has been no release of stockpiled rice due to poor harvests in recent years, but some 40,000 tons were supplied to ...

The Japanese government plans to expedite the release of its stockpiled rice to curb soaring prices, with details on the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ordered the swift implementation of measures to give consumers relief from ...

Eggs remain in short supply around Hawaiʻi and that's pushed prices higher. Across the Pacific, there's a shortage of a ...

The index doesn't include fresh food prices because those fluctuate based on the weather. CPI in Tokyo has been above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target for three months. Rice was a ...

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 ...

The pace of price growth in Tokyo picked up, while other economic data suggested that Japan’s moderate recovery continues, ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 2.5%, marking the fastest annual pace in nearly a year, well exceeding the central bank ...