An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dismissed his agriculture minister Wednesday after an off-the-cuff remark about gifted rice ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to sack farm minister Taku Eto following remarks the minister made about rice, ...

PM Shigeru Ishiba appointed former minister Shinjiro Koizumi to replace Mr Taku Eto. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.

Farm minister Taku Eto has resigned after the remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has asked the new agriculture minister, Koizumi Shinjiro, to make efforts to stabilize rice prices.

LDP lawmaker Shoji Nishida called descriptions on a monument commemorating the Himeyuri corps of female students who died in ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture Taku Eto stepped down from his office after making a remark about rice that many in the public found out of touch with consumers.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rebuffed calls for tax cuts saying that the nation’s financial conditions are worse ...

Support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government weakened, according to public opinion surveys published by major ...

Japan will not resort to tax cuts funded by additional debt issuance, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday, pushing ...