Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April on steady rises in food costs, ...

Japanese government data released Friday present a mixed picture of rising inflation and sluggish industrial activity.

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Long-dated Japanese government bonds saw little relief on Wednesday after a poor auction ...

This means consumers have paid a premium, contributing to a downward trend in rice consumption alongside other factors such ...

"Major financial events often happen first in Japan, for example the late-1990s tech bubble bursting first in Japan," Albert ...

A record surge in the price of rice drove Japan's consumer inflation higher in April. The country's staple crop nearly doubled in price compared to the same month a year earlier.

Japanese government bonds edged up slightly on Friday, clawing back ground after a brutal week that saw yields on long-term ...

The government has been releasing some of its stockpiled rice since March, but that has yet to translate to lower prices.

Inflation spiked at a two-year high in April as rice prices almost doubled in Japan. Picture: iStock The rocketing cost of a key part of Japanese people’s diet is growing into a crisis for the ...

The latest uptick in inflation was driven mostly by a food price surge of 7.0% in a sign many companies hiked prices at the April start of Japan's new fiscal year. The price of rice spiked 98.6% ...