Japan Times, Author at AgriInsite

Japan : Race to secure 2025 rice crop heats up, lifting prices

Japan’s 2025 rice harvest is projected at a nine-year high of 7.477 million tons, up 10% from 2024, despite extreme summer heat,...

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Rice News in English

Japan’s 2025 rice harvest seen rising to 7.48 million tons

Japan’s 2025 rice harvest is projected at 7.48 million tons, a nine-year high and 10% above last year, surpassing 7 million tons...

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Rice News in English

Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate remains at 38%

Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate remained at 38% on a calorie basis in fiscal 2024, unchanged for four years, the agriculture ministry said....

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Rice News in English

For Japan’s rice growers, postwar policy shifts yet to deliver stable future

Japan’s rice policy has swung repeatedly since WWII—rising output after wartime shortages, then curbing surpluses under *gentan* quotas from 1970. Demand fell...

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Rice News in English

Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising prices for basmati rice amid crop losses

Heavy rains and flooding in India and Pakistan’s basmati-growing regions have damaged crops, raising supply concerns and pushing prices higher. Punjab regions...

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Edible Oil News in English

Humble coconut oil turns into a luxury on rising demand, shrinking output

Coconut oil prices in Asia have tripled in two years, led by India, reaching ₹423,000 (\$4,840) per ton due to weather-hit output...

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Rice News in English

Japan seeks to ditch rice output curbs after price surges

Japan plans to boost rice production by ending subsidies that discouraged farming, aiming to stabilize supply and reduce prices. The government will...

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Ethanol & Bioenergy News in English

Delayed pricing policy for cleaner ethanol keeps India burning food for fuel

India’s ethanol blending goals face hurdles as costlier 2G ethanol—made from crop waste—lacks separate pricing. Producers say without better returns, investment is...