How Japan is trying to solve its rice problem
The Japanese government is releasing supplies from its emergency rice stockpile for the first time to address shortages that ...
Going Once, Going Twice: 165,000 Tons of Rice
The Japanese government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly ...
Supermarket prices of Japanese rice up 94% year-on-year
Rice prices continue to soar in Japan, even after the government announced it would release some of the emergency national stockpile onto the market. They have now nearly doubled in the past year due ...
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Massive rice reserves ready for release amid steep price hikes
revealing large stacks of rice bags filling the warehouse. That warehouse alone holds about 20,000 tons of rice, or enough to fill 300 million bowls. It represents 2 percent of the total rice ...