Japan enforces food supply emergency law amid soaring costs

Japan's new food supply emergency measures law takes effect

Japan's new food supply emergency measures law, which took effect last week, allows the government to instruct farmers to submit plans on how they will increase production of key foods such as rice if both domestic supplies shrink and prices surge. The legislation is aimed at curbing food shortages, as…

In response to the soaring price of rice, the released government stockpiled rice is being sold without the label "stockpiled rice." While it is difficult to tell at the store, rice masters who have tasted it have evaluated its quality. A former government official who was once in charge of managing stockpiled rice can guarantee the taste, so he...

In Japan, food prices are rising so much that even a modest lifestyle could be expensive. Rice alone costs 80 percent more than a year. The government wants to help with a new law. But that shouldn't be enough.

Japan enforces food supply emergency law amid soaring costs

Japan's new food supply emergency measures law took effect on Tuesday, allowing the government to instruct farmers to submit plans on how they will increase production of key foods such as rice if bot

Japan food, drink items facing April price hikes highest in 1.5 yrs

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of food and beverage items expected to face price hikes in April totaled 4,225, the highest since October 2023, amid a sur

Japan to See Most Price Hikes for Food Products in 18 Months

Japanese food and beverage companies will raise prices on more than 4,000 products starting Tuesday to offset higher costs for everything from raw materials to labor, according to a survey by Teikoku Databank.