Rice prices sold at supermarkets in Japan in August jumped 23 percent from a year earlier due to tight supply from last summer's extreme heat and a buying rush following a government advisory about a ...

The fine crop of rice harvested this year has finally begun to hit store shelves, set to gradually alleviate a serious ...

KUMAGAYA, Japan >> Grappling with a rice shortage after extreme weather ravaged last year’s crop, Japan is hoping new heat-resistant varieties of its staple food can help stave off future supply ...

KUMAGAYA, Japan, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Grappling with a rice shortage after extreme weather ravaged last year's crop, Japan is hoping new heat-resistant varieties of its staple food can help stave ...

Japan is seeing a rice shortage, with supermarket shelves emptying due to government warnings of a potential megaquake and typhoons. Hot weather has impacted harvests, but the Ministry of ...

Tokyo: The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice -- the nation's cherished staple food -- with the government ...

The Japanese government warned people against panic buying of rice on Tuesday. Japan's farm minister Tetsushi Sakamoto advised the people to stay calm and said that the shortage situation would be ...

The threat of a “megaquake”, a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice – the nation’s cherished staple food – with the government warning on ...

Some Japanese are left struggling to buy rice, the nation's beloved staple food, as the threat of a "megaquake," coupled with a series of typhoons and a week-long holiday, impacted the supply. With ...

The threat of a “megaquake”, a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice – the nation’s cherished staple food – with the government ...

The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice -- the nation's cherished staple food -- with the government warning ...

Photo by Philip FONG / AFP Tokyo: The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice -- the nation's cherished staple ...