Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...

While Japan’s rice crisis is especially severe, it’s also part of a broader trend: Food prices around the world have been ...

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Japan though it had a special relationship with the U.S. Now, Tokyo is finding that its security alliance counts for little ...

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Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Donald Trump's insistence that "spoiled" Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's problems ...

With elections coming in Japan, the threat of U.S. tariffs is forcing its prime minister to start talking tougher, and is getting people to rethink long-held assumptions about relations with the U.S.

From June 30 to July 3, 2025, around 15,000 delegates from over 190 countries gathered in Sevilla, Spain to take part in the Fourth International Conference on “Financing for Development” or FfD4. The ...

Rice prices in Japan are a big deal. "One of the main sources of anger has been the surging cost of the food staple, which has rocketed for months..." ...