Story by Kyodo News Rice prices in Tokyo surged more than 90 percent in April from a year earlier, despite recent stockpile releases by the government aimed at boosting supply to
by Carla P. Gomez The Department of Agriculture’s announcement that government will sell rice at P20 a kilo in the Visayas drew mixed reactions on Thursday, April 24. Under the
Reuters. Prices of rice shipped from India and Thailand edged higher this week, aided by currency fluctuations, although gains were capped by subdued demand, while Vietnamese
By: By the Inquirer Staff MANILA, Philippines — “P20 per kilo [of] rice. That was the promise—and today, we begin to make it real, starting in the Visayas.” President
The average price of rice in supermarkets across Japan reached ¥4,217 (about $30) per five kilogrammes in the week up to April 13, official data showed. News Agency of Nigeria.
By Giselle P. Jordan. THE National Food Authority’s (NFA) rice buffer stocks have reached a five-year high of 7.17 million 50-kilogram bags, the agency said on Tuesday,
Japan. TOKYO: The government may propose increasing duty-free imports of US rice in negotiations over US. tariffs, according to government sources. The United States has said that
By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday said it has grown its rice buffer stock to its highest level in five years. In a statement, the
The Japanese government on April 9 announced that it would release another 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice onto the market — the third such move to combat the recent surge