A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 23 May.

Bristol City forward Yu Hirakawa has been called into Japan's senior squad for the first time. The 24-year-old is part of the ...

Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he held a 45-minute phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump to ...

Japan’s core inflation rate climbed at its fastest rate in more than two years in April, piling pressure on the Bank of Japan ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday he aimed to get rice on store shelves for ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa intends to visit the United States again on May 30 for a fourth round of trade ...

Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to ...

Japan’s air force chief has confirmed the deaths of two service members whose training aircraft crashed last week ...

The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

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

Japan's exports to the United States, its largest single trading partner, fell nearly 2% in April as tariff hikes imposed by ...