US EditionSoaring prices, empty shelves as Japan’s rice crisis worsens
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Policies in place for decades require farmers to contain production, which would have caused the current shortage and the increase in prices
With the 2025 rice crop due to be harvested this autumn, efforts to secure sufficient quantities are gaining momentum in major rice-producing regions. Local JA will increase the purchase price they offer from rice farmers by 30 to 40 percent compared to the 2024 crop. Despite continued releases of government stockpiled rice, the shortage has not been resolved, and competition with private collection companies is fierce. This will be a factor in …
There is a shortage of rice in Japan, where the price of the absolute staple food has doubled in a year, but even so, many stores limit the amount that can be bought at a time to one bag. The government, meanwhile, reached out to the emergency reserve and started importing rice, which may also try to disarm Trump in the tariff war - although the Japanese also prefer their homeland in rice.The problem can be traced back in part to the summer of 2…
Government enacts emergency food law to rein in soaring prices — and it could set off a global chain reaction
Japan is implementing new laws to improve staple food production, according to Kyodo News. What's happening? Japan's food production has been destabilized by extreme weather events powered by atmospheric pollution. As a result, in the last year alone, the cost of rice in Japan has gone up over 80%, and the cost of cabbage has tripled. This has forced many residents to shop smarter at the grocery store. In response, the government is releasing s…
LDP Warns Govt Against Expanding Rice Imports from U.S. in Tariff Negotiations; Important Issue of Securing ‘Food Security’
The Liberal Democratic Party on Friday submitted to the agriculture minister a resolution rejecting a stance in Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations that could result in farm and fisheries products being sacrificed to protect industrial products.
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