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Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has announced details of the planned release of government-stored ...
If speculative movements are driving up rice prices, government intervention may become necessary. However, if the response ...
Japan will sell 210,000 tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain. Most ...
The government will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice, farm minister Taku Eto says, in a bid to ensure smooth ...
Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...
The central government will release 210,000 tons of rice from its emergency reserves to curb soaring rice prices, farm ...
Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will designate in advance local governments that will dispatch relief ...
The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will revise its policy on releasing "stockpiled rice" only ...