- Japan to Sell Rice Stockpiles With Aim to Halve Soaring Prices Bloomberg
- Japanese minister resigns after saying he’s never bought rice because he gets it free Sky News
- How a joke about rice cost a Japan cabinet minister his job BBC
- Japan faces a ‘rice crisis’ as price nearly doubles for food staple Al Jazeera
- Japan’s new farm minister spurs hope for rice price drop: poll Xinhua