Japan Vows More US Rice Imports Within Tariff-Free Quota
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 23, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced that Japan will increase rice imports from the United States while staying within the existing tariff-free quota establishe...
Japan. “Old-Old” Rice Sold Out in an Hour
Wedoany.com Report-May 30, Japan’s Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced the sale of rice from state reserves, dubbed old-old rice from the 2021 harvest, to address soaring rice prices...
Six-Year Test Field Shows Agrivoltaics Can Be Critical for Rice Productivity
Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 6, In recent years, researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan conducted a six-year field experiment using an agrivoltaics system in Chikusei, a city in Eastern Japan. T...
Rice Price Surge Plagues Japan CPI
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 27, A record surge in the domestic price of rice has held Japan’s core consumer price index above 3 percent for the third consecutive month in February. This has forced th...