By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...

Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...

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The government will survey rice farmers about their production intentions for the next year as well as in five and 10 years, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Thursday.

TSURUOKA, Yamagata -- Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a meeting here on July 7, calling it irresponsible ...