The agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold the third auction of its reserved rice April 23-25. In total, ...

The reserved rice put up for the auction this time includes such brand-name varieties as “Masshigura” from Aomori Prefecture and “Ten no Tsubu” from Fukushima Prefecture. In March ...

To be auctioned are 100,000 tons of 2023 rice including such brand-name varieties as Aomori Prefecture’s “Masshigura,” Fukushima Prefecture’s “Ten no Tsubu” and the same prefecture’s ...