With early shipments of rice from the 2025 harvest having reached the market, attention is turning to supply, demand and prices amid uncertainty over how this summer’s
Thailand’s rice export sector is expressing alarm after a new trade agreement between the United States and Japan was sealed, potentially cutting Thailand’s rice quota
Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s 2025 staple rice harvest is forecast to reach a nine-year high of 7,477,000 tons, up 10 pct from the previous year, the agriculture
Price a Priority A survey, conducted in September by the recipe-sharing website Cookpad, asked 1,037 site users about their attitudes toward shinmai (newly harvested
NIIGATA — Rice grown in dry fields in the first year of trial cultivation has been harvested here recently to the joy of the people involved in the project. The
Japanese retail prices of rice have turned upward again, even as new rice harvested this year has started hitting the shelves. The average price at supermarkets across Japan stood
Although production is expected to exceed demand, intense competition among dealers, to acquire rice means prices will likely remain high. The Yomiuri Shimbun – The Japan
Demand for staple rice in Japan is likely to total between 6.97 million and 7.11 million tons in the year through June 2026, down slightly or unchanged from the previous
Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Demand for staple rice in Japan is likely to total 6.97 million to 7.11 million tons in the year through June 2026, down slightly or unchanged