Japan's rice policy is at a crossroads as prices of the country's staple food stay around record highs, squeezing households. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/japan/japan-rice-policy-crossroads/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff #norikazusuzuki
Will Tuladhar-Douglas
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A decorative altar with a seated Guanyin statue as the focal point, surrounded by spiritual paraphernalia including incense burners with lit incense sticks, offering fruits such as persimmons and oranges on a plate, a small Buddha image, and string lights with multiple colored bulbs.
Table set with food and candles, a traditional meal offering. Multiple bowls of white rice, pork, soup, and other dishes are arranged with ceramic spoons and cups, alongside a basket of orange persimmons and lit candles on various levels. The table is covered in a floral patterned tablecloth.
A decorative altar with a seated Guanyin statue as the focal point, surrounded by spiritual paraphernalia including incense burners with lit incense sticks, offering fruits such as persimmons and oranges on a plate, a small Buddha image, and string lights with multiple colored bulbs.
Table set with food and candles, a traditional meal offering. Multiple bowls of white rice, pork, soup, and other dishes are arranged with ceramic spoons and cups, alongside a basket of orange persimmons and lit candles on various levels. The table is covered in a floral patterned tablecloth.
The price of a rice coupon that will be sold to municipalities in Japan will go down from the usual ¥500 to a uniform ¥477, the national federation of rice wholesalers' mutual aid cooperative associations has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/japan/society/rice-coupon-wholesalers-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #rice #agriculture
Japan's average retail rice price hit a new record high for the first time in three weeks, according to agriculture ministry data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/average-rice-price-new-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rice #food #inflation #agriculture #maff
Boško Ivanišević
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark in October that she will “work, work, work, work and work” as president of the Liberal Democratic Party was named 2025’s buzzword of the year on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/society/buzzword-of-year-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sanaetakaichi #buzzwords #donaldtrump #tariffs #rice #osakaexpo
Boško Ivanišević
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Traditional Japanese "hina" dolls featuring this year's iconic people and events have been unveiled in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/doll-tokyo-showcase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #hina #ichirosuzuki #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #rice #2025osakaexpo
As of Oct. 25, the projected harvest of staple rice in Japan for 2025 stood at 7,468,000 tons, up 10% from the previous year, according to the agriculture ministry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/rice-harvest-rise-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff
As a response to the recent surge in rice costs, officials are considering the distribution of “rice tickets” to make the staple grain more affordable for certain households. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/society/rice-tickets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #food #rice #agriculture #maff #osaka
Modern farming and government support have dramatically increased crop productivity, especially in rice, helping the world avoid food shortages despite climate challenges and opposition to technology like GMOs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/06/world/rice-can-feed-the-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #rice #grain #agriculture #hunger #gmos #food
The country's staple rice production is forecast to total 7.11 million tons in 2026, down 370,000 tons from 2025, the agriculture ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/staple-rice-production-falls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #food
A growing breed of Nepali chefs are showing that there's more to South Asian food in Tokyo than butter chicken, naan and curry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/24/food-drink/nepali-food-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #meat #fish #rice #chefs #vegetables
Newly appointed farm minister Norikazu Suzuki has hinted of a potential rethink of a policy to increase rice production advocated by the administration of former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/farm-minister-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #agriculture #rice #norikazusuzuki #shinjirokoizumi #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi
The average price of rice sold at supermarkets across Japan dropped for the fourth straight week, the farm ministry announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/japan/japan-supermarket-price-falls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff
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 weather will affect yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/new-rice-crop-competition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #shinjirokoizumi #maff
Japanese businesses showed off their food products at an event in Sao Paulo on Monday as demand for authentic "washoku" Japanese cuisine is growing in Brazil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/companies/brazil-japanese-food/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #brazil #rice #japanesecuisine #food #jetro