Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the government struggles to meet demand.

Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a ...

On March 18, workers started to carry out the rice from around 9:30 a.m. Twelve tons of bags of rice, which were harvested in 2024 and won in an auction by the National Federation of Agricultural ...

MANILA, Philippines - The National Food Authority (NFA) is prepared to purchase more palay (unmilled rice) from local farmers ...

Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops stockpiled by the ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said it built up reserves equivalent to nine days’ consumption — 7.17 million 50-kilogram bags of milled rice, the highest inventory level since the end of 2020. The ...

The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday appealed to the consuming public to urge their local government units (LGUs) to buy the rice stocks offered by the agency at a ...