US EditionTsukudani and Hot Rice: Still a Go-to Meal in Japan Centuries After Its Creation
JAPAN, JUL 6 – A drop in rice prices amid rising production costs and limited government support threatens jobs for Japanese rice farmers, with prices still 70% above last year, officials said.
- Rice Guild announced national rice-sector unemployment rose since July 14, citing falling prices and lack of government response.
- A half-century of cultivation limits has encouraged the government to restrict rice farming, resulting in supply misjudgments and shortages.
- Soaring farm expenses, `I do feel conflicted,` Hosaka said about retail rice prices doubling above 4,000 yen per 5kg this year.
- Consumer outrage grew as the government released emergency rice stocks at about 2,000 yen per 5kg ahead of the July 20 election.
- Looking toward 2030, the government aims to finalize an agricultural policy roadmap and boost rice exports to 350,000 tons, an eight-fold increase, the government says.
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In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work? | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
JOETSU, Niigata Prefecture--For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively high and steady.
The Colombian Agricultural Dignity and rice guilds of the country announced the possibility of a national strike for July 14, following the worsening crisis in the sector, marked by the fall in prices and unfair competition for imported products. According to the official statement, a drop in prices in December 2024 and another in June 2025 constitute “a disaster for Colombian rice growers”, a situation that is aggravated by the growing costs of…
The rice producers had already gone out of work between March and April of this May in view of the low competitiveness of cereal prices.
This sector points out that there is a structural crisis that puts at risk the sustainability of the crop.
Arroceros announces indefinite national unemployment in Colombia from July 14th due to crisis in the sector. Image: Taken from Pixabay - @ImageParty The Colombian rice sector announced an indefinite national strike that will begin on July 14th, 2025, in response to what they describe as a serious situation that producers are going through due to the fall in prices, the lack of state support and the failure to comply with commitments agreed with …
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