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Government rice drives prices below 4,000 yen, meets Ishiba goal | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
The average retail price for 5 kilograms of rice has dropped to 3,920 yen ($26), falling below 4,000 yen for the first time in three and a half months, the farm ministry announced on June 23.
Rice imports to Japan surge in May
Private sector imports of tariffed rice to Japan in May were 3.5 times the total volume brought in during all of fiscal 2024, revised government trade data showed Friday, as soaring prices of domestic rice have spurred demand for cheaper alternatives. According to the Finance Ministry's trade statistics, revised from…
The government through the Ministry of Agriculture is asked to immediately take quick steps to stabilize the price of rice which has increased in a number of regions.
In Asia, the collapse of production has brought up cereal prices. It is the fault of the damage caused to crops by the climate crisis, but also of a protectionist agricultural policy. Read more
Rice, the essential basis of food in Japan and the central axis of its agricultural model, reached récor...
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