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Japan's rice policy, not just prices, a key issue in upper house election
As the campaign period for the House of Councillors election has officially kicked off, recent issues surrounding rice -- ...
Trump tries to sell rice to the Japanese
Japan’s attempt to strike a deal with the US before Donald Trump’s deadline next week has hit an unlikely sticking point: ...
Japan rice price index projects decline
A survey shows Japan's growers and wholesalers expect rice prices to drop over the next three months as government stockpiles ...
Rice is everything in Japan. So why won’t it buy more from the US?
Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance ...
Japan says it won't sacrifice farm sector for tariff deal after Trump rice complaints
Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff talks with the United States, its top negotiator said ...
Japan chafes at Trump’s demand to buy more American rice
US President Donald Trump has publicly criticised Japan for not importing more US rice, calling the country ‘spoiled’ in a ...
Trump Threatens to Impose Tariff on Japan, Citing Rice Exports
President Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff level on Japan, citing what he said was the country’s ...
Japan eyes reform of rice policy to expand production
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says more needs to be done to ensure price stability in the rice market. He says that ...