All posts tagged "Japan rice"
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84Rice News in EnglishJapan’s rice price falls to lowest level since late 2024
Japan's average supermarket rice price fell below ¥3,500 per 5 kg for the first time since late 2024, declining to ¥3,458 as...
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74Rice News in EnglishSoaring Rice Prices in Japan Led to Massive Spike in Private Imports in 2025
Japan's 2025 private rice imports surged 95-fold to 96,834 tonnes as soaring domestic prices doubled retail rice costs. A government white paper...
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76Rice News in EnglishJapan enacts bill to stabilize rice supply after 2024 shortages
Japan's parliament passed a revised Staple Food Law requiring farmers to adopt demand-driven rice production to stabilise supply and prices. The reform...
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91Rice News in EnglishJapan rice prices expected to fall due to high inventories
Japan’s three-month rice price outlook remained bearish in June, with the price index at 19, below the 50 threshold for the ninth...
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98Rice News in English
Japan’s rice surplus pushes prices lower
Japan’s rice market is undergoing a major shift as cooperative sales from the 2025 harvest fell 17% to a record-low 1.32 million...
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84Rice News in EnglishSales of rice from 2025 harvest to Japan wholesalers hit record low
Japan’s private rice inventories rose 51% year-on-year to 2.23 million tonnes by end-May as cooperative rice sales fell 17% to a record-low...
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105Rice News in EnglishJapan : Various Companies Enter Rice Production after Supply Shock
Japanese companies are increasingly entering rice production after supply disruptions and price spikes last summer. Restaurant operator Watami plans to produce 600...
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110Rice News in EnglishJapan’s rice prices fall for first time in 3.5 years
Japan’s rice prices fell 5.4% in May from a year earlier, marking the first decline in over three and a half years....
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209Rice News in EnglishOverestimation, slow response behind rice crisis in Japan: gov’t
Japan admitted that overestimating rice supplies and delaying emergency stockpile releases worsened its 2024-25 rice crisis. Poor harvests, tourism-driven demand and panic...
