Japan will loosen its grip on the country’s fiercely guarded rice stockpile as prices soar to their highest levels ever
High rice prices in Japan have led the agriculture ministry to allow disbursements from its million-ton rice reserve to help ...
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Aging Japanese farmers face extreme temperatures
The heat and the work that we have to endure during that time is really tough,” said rice farmer Mitsumasa Sugimoto ... data show that only around 15% of Japanese paddy fields have adopted ...
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Gov't to expedite release of rice reserves amid surging prices
The Japanese government plans to expedite the release of its stockpiled rice to curb soaring prices, with details on the ...
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Japan: Japanese gov't considers releasing reserves as rice prices continue to soar
Storyline: The Japanese government is considering an early release of its rice reserves to address continuous price surges, farm minister Taku Eto said on Friday. A survey conducted by Teikoku ...
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Japan to require farmer action if key food supplies drop by 20%
Japan is set to implement a policy enabling the government to instruct farmers to submit production increase plans if ...
Rice price rise pushes Japan to tap strategic reserves
Teikoku Databank, a research company that tracks historic changes in the cost of assembling a plate of Japan’s beloved curry ...