After being relegated to obscurity in recent years, the Liberal Democratic Party's Shinjiro Koizumi has found his shine as agriculture minister and Japan's "rice guy." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/06/japan/politics/shinjiro-koizumi-spotlight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #shigeruishiba #cabinet #2025upperhouseelection #maff #shinjirokoizumi #rice #agriculture
A record number of curry shops in Japan went out of business in the past year amid soaring rice prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/06/companies/curry-shops-record-bankruptcies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #food #rice #bankruptcy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for a probe to identify the reasons for soaring rice prices and examine the government's response. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/06/japan/japan-ministers-meet-rice-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #cabinet #inflation #agriculture #food
https://www.alojapan.com/1291178/ambassador-reveals-3-factors-causing-japans-rice-crisis/ Ambassador Reveals 3 Factors Causing Japan’s Rice Crisis #crisis #farmer #food #import #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news #rice TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Japan’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Masaki Yasushi, revealed that the rice crisis currently hitting Japan is caused by three main factors. The first factor identified by Yasushi is a problem in the rice distribution system. “Rice has always had a long history, so after purchasing rice, there…
Major convenience store chain operators Lawson and FamilyMart on Thursday began selling government-stockpiled rice released under no-bid contracts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/05/lawson-family-mart-stockpile-rice-sale/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rice #conveniencestores #lawson #familymart #shinjirokoizumi
As convenience stores prepare to sell government stockpiled rice from older harvests to consumers, Lawson has unveiled plans to offer rice balls made of "vintage rice." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/04/companies/convenience-stores-vintage-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #conveniencestores #rice #retailers #maff #inflation #shopping #food
The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan experienced its first dip in three weeks in the week through May 25, shedding ¥25 for every 5 kilograms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/03/japan/rice-prices-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #maff #agriculture #rice #shinjirokoizumi
https://www.alojapan.com/1289188/japans-high-rice-prices-a-review-of-the-situation-and-a-look-ahead/ Japan’s High Rice Prices: A Review of the Situation and a Look Ahead #Consumption #food #Japan #JapanNews #news #rice Rising rice prices in Japan have prompted the government to release its emergency stores of the grain to ease the impact on consumer pocketbooks. Prices remain stubbornly high, though, indicating the need to consider the root causes of the rice shortage and reasons that the grain reaching store shelves remains expensive. How J…
Japan will set up a minister-level meeting as early as this week to address the supply of rice, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said in parliament on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/02/japan/minister-level-meeting-on-rice-supplies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #shigeruishiba #shinjirokoizumi #diet
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https://www.alojapan.com/1287453/2000-yen-govt-stockpiled-rice-reaches-consumers-in-japan-2/ “2,000-Yen” govt-stockpiled rice reaches consumers in Japan #consumers #Japan #JapanNews #news #rice #RicePrices #Stockpile On Sunday, major retailer Aeon Co. and discount store operator Don Quijote Co., a subsidiary of Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp., will start selling government-stockpiled rice at their stores in Tokyo. They plan to gradually expand their sales areas. The government is also advancing prep…
A new survey suggests 41% of large-scale rice farmers in Japan expect retail prices for rice harvested in 2026 to be lower than for rice harvested in 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/31/japan/rice-price-drop-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #inflation
Customers waited for hours at a store in Chiba Prefecture to purchase rice from Japan's stockpile at a considerable discount, amid sky-high retail prices for the staple grain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/31/japan/stockpiled-rice-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff #inflation #retailers #agriculture #itoyokado #irisohyama
https://www.alojapan.com/1286798/41-of-japanese-rice-farmers-expect-price-drop-in-2026/ 41% of Japanese rice farmers expect price drop in 2026 #agriculture #inflation #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #rice A survey released Friday suggested that 41.0% of large-scale rice farmers in Japan expect retail prices for rice harvested in 2026 to be lower than for rice harvested in 2025, while 22.9% foresee higher prices. Meanwhile, 72.3% expect prices for 2025 rice to be higher than for 2024 rice. The survey was conducted…
https://www.europesays.com/2123135/ 41% of Japanese rice farmers expect price drop in 2026 #agriculture #Inflation #japan #rice
https://www.alojapan.com/1286613/as-japans-rice-prices-soar-scammers-cash-in-on-hunger-for-cheap-deals/ As Japan’s rice prices soar, scammers cash in on hunger for cheap deals ##supermarkets #ConsumerAffairsCentre #CreditCard #Japan #JapanNews #NationalConsumerAffairsCentreOfJapan #news #rice #scam #ShinjiroKoizumi #sunglasses #VideoSharingApp #websites Japan’s consumer affairs centre has called on people grappling with soaring rice prices to beware of websites claiming to sell the staple at heavily discounted prices. The National Consumer Affa…
Koizumi’s push to slash rice prices could either mark a populist gesture or ignite a political revolution that challenges the entrenched agricultural lobby and the foundations of postwar conservative power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/30/japan/rice-man-koizumi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #rice #agriculture #shinjirokoizumi #retailers #food #inflation
Rice price surges in Japan since last summer were caused by wholesalers procuring rice through different routes than in previous years, a government white paper on agriculture said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/30/japan/agriculture-white-paper-rice-price-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture
Japan's farm ministry has started accepting applications from smaller retailers and rice shops to purchase older batches of the government’s stockpiled rice through no-bid contracts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/30/japan/rice-smaller-retailers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff #inflation #retailers #agriculture
Fresh concerns have emerged over the government's release of stockpiled rice to ease a supply crunch and bring down prices, this time over the quality and taste of older harvests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/30/japan/politics/rice-quality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #rice #maff #agriculture #shinjirokoizumi #retailers #food #inflation #yuichirotamaki #kentaizumi
