The price of rice in stores edged up 1.1 percent from the previous week, causing further pain for a nation dependent on the staple. The average retail price nationwide posted its first rise in 10 ...

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Rice prices soar despite emergency stock release and supply reassurances New PM Takaichi faces challenge with inflation, farm minister favours rice coupon High rice prices boon for cheaper imports, in ...

Sanae Takaichi came to power promising to tame inflation. But she’s boosting the crop’s cost to appease a subsidy-fuelled ...