Japan to release rice reserves

Japan to release 210,000 tons from rice reserves due to surging prices
The government will release up to 210,000 tons of its stockpiled rice, farm minister Taku Eto said Friday, in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices. The stockpiled rice will be handed over to wholesalers in mid-March after bidding and is expected to
Editorial: Releasing rice reserves alone cannot secure Japan's staple food
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Japanese govt. to release 210,000 tons of reserve rice amid price hike
Sources say Japan's agriculture ministry has decided to release 210,000 tons of government reserve rice as prices of the country's staple grain remain high.
Japan will tap emergency rice supplies as prices surge 82%
TOKYO — Japan will sell 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain.
Government taps rice stockpile to reverse price increases
Amid high prices for rice resulting from supply bottlenecks, the government said Friday it will start releasing 210,000 metric tons of the staple grain from its emergency stockpile in March in the hopes of improving the situation in the Japanese market.
Japan to release rice from reserves for first time to tame soaring prices
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government will release up to 210,000 tonnes of its stockpiled rice, Farm Minister Taku Eto said Friday, in a bid to ensure smooth distribution of the Japanese staple amid soaring prices.
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 quantity and pricing to be released as early as next week, farm minister Taku Eto said Friday.
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 rice, found that the cost of the dish hit an all-time high of ¥377 in November, compared with ¥316 a year earlier.
Japan releases 210,000 tons of government rice from reserves
Japan's government said Friday it will release up to 210,000 tons of rice from its stockpile in an effort to stabilize the supply in the market and counter-act rapidly rising rice prices.
Japan to release emergency rice reserves to fight runaway inflation
The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly doubled prices
Japan's government to release emergency rice as prices surge
Japan's government has announced plans to release 210,000 tonnes of emergency rice in response to the staple food's soaring prices. Previously, such a move was reserved for times of emergency, such as major earthquakes,
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