Japan farm minister resigns after saying he’s never bought rice amid soaring prices - Taku Eto acknowledges making ‘an ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, or Farms Taki Eto resigned Wednesday after his comments over the ...

Japan's agriculture minister Eto Taku is stepping down over controversial remarks he made about rice. He submitted his ...

Former Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi was appointed the new agriculture minister on Wednesday following the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Wednesday to take necessary steps to lower rice prices that have doubled over the past ...

CDP President Yoshihiko Noda announced the policy on April 25 as a means for the public to weather the increased cost of living and the impact of U.S. tariffs. The exemption may be extended ...

US pushes for “reciprocal” trade terms, but EU, Japan, and South Korea balk at auto tariffs and demand stability after prior ...

The ruling coalition parties are considering an economic stimulus package, with a focus on whether to cut the consumption tax ...

Japan's upper house election seems set to rehash a decades-old debate on consumption tax, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg ...

Reducing the unpopular consumption tax has become a major election issue for the first time since it was first instituted in ...