TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM Japan is finding new uses for rice that would otherwise be left behind, turning unused or unwanted rice into organic ethanol for cosmetics and
(Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s agricultural cooperatives have slashed advance payments to rice producers by about 20 to 40 percent on average from the
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) released average rice prices from approximately 1,000 supermarkets nationwide for the week of August 24–30.
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) released its latest supply-demand outlook on September 2, projecting that private inventories of table rice
The farm ministry will buy back 210,000 metric tons of rice released from government stockpiles last year to lower prices, a move that significantly depleted reserves of the
TOKYO – Japan’s government will buy back 210,000 tons of rice it released as an emergency measure last year, as supply shortages have now eased, the farm minister said
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The agriculture ministry plans to soon purchase rice to replenish government stockpiles, part of which was released in response to soaring prices, sources said.
The agriculture ministry is expected to begin purchasing rice to replenish government stockpiles as early as September, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The