TOKYO – The Japanese government said on Feb 14 that it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a “mega quake” warning ...
A staple of the country's cuisine, rice has seen soaring prices in Japan, prompting the government to step in with its own stockpiles in a bid to stabilize the market. Taku Eto, Japan's ...
The Japanese Government said on 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 ...
Japan's government said Friday it will release up to 210,000 tons of rice from its stockpile in an effort to stabilize the ...
Bags of rice are seen on supermarket shelves in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, Jan. 20, 2025. (Mainichi/Kengo Miura) If speculative movements are driving up rice prices, government intervention may become ...
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 over ...
The Japanese government said Friday it will release its stockpile of rice – the nation’s cherished staple food – reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices. The government has ...
Japan's private rice imports have already reached a record-high 468 tons in the current fiscal year through March, driven by robust demand from restaurants amid soaring prices for the domestic crop, ...
(Bloomberg) -- Japan will sell 210,000 tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain. The average retail price for 5 kilograms of rice surged 82% ...
Tokyo (AFP) – 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 ...
THE Japanese government said on Friday it will release its stockpile of rice - the nation’s cherished staple food - reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices. The government has tapped ...
(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AFP) — 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" ...