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‘Investment, not tariffs,’ says Ishiba after telephone talks with Trump before 3rd round of talks
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to ...
Emergency reserves, high prices and rationing – how did Japan's rice crisis get this far?
TOKYO: Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica ...
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'Investment, not tariffs,' says Japan's Ishiba after telephone talks with Trump
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to ...
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Japan core inflation accelerates, rice prices soar 98%
The official data released Friday showed rice prices up a whopping 98.4 percent compared to April 2024 following a 92.5-percent increase in March ...
‘Investment, not tariffs,’ says Ishiba after telephone talks with Trump before third round of talks
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with President Trump and agreed to hold ...
Trump Initiated Call With Japan’s Ishiba, Discussed Tariffs
US President Donald Trump initiated a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and discussed tariffs in general terms, just as Tokyo’s top negotiator left for the US for another round of ...
Japan's rice crisis: Prices soar, supplies dwindle and a minister resigns
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain ...