The Associated Press TOKYO — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain. It is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades. But since last summer, prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand. The government has long […]
By Keisuke Kono / Yomiuri Shimbun NAGOYA — Amid nationwide high rice prices, Aichi Prefecture is striving to increase rice production. The prefecture, though, faces a formidable threat from pests, whose damage is intensified by global warming, making it more difficult to combat them. The prefecture has set its production target for this year at […]
ASIA-RICE/ (REPEAT, PIX):RPT-ASIA RICE-High supply, weak rupee push India rates to near 2-year low. Reuters By Sherin Elizabeth Varghese May 22 (Reuters) – India’s rice export prices slid to a near two-year low this week, pressured by a weak rupee and rising supplies amid subdued demand, while export markets in other key Asian hubs remained […]
May 23, 2025 (MLN): Japan’s core inflation rose to 3.5% in April, driven partly by a sharp increase in rice prices, according to government data released Friday. The acceleration comes as the Bank of Japan weighs a possible pause in its interest rate hikes to assess the effects of new U.S. tariffs. The core inflation […]
Authorities are set to expand negotiations and trade deals with international partners while dismantling the logistical and regulatory snarls that have plagued the sector. TIỀN GIANG — To enhance rice exports through 2030, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has rolled out a series of new measures focused on stricter oversight, faster implementation of […]
Reporter: Han Revanda. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia has exported special rice to several countries, including Saudi Arabia, as confirmed by the head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas), Arief Prasetyo Adi. This type of rice is used for specific purposes, like hotel purposes, restaurants, and catering. “Indonesia has indeed been exporting special rice, recently we […]
India is likely to export around 24 million tonnes of rice in the 2025-2026 marketing year, thus cornering around 40 per cent of the market share, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA follows a marketing year, which starts in October and ends in September, unlike the Indian financial year that runs […]
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) STA. CRUZ, LAGUNA (21 May 2025) – Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have confirmed the first documented case of yellowing syndrome in the Philippines caused by two different viruses. The IRRI team, led by Dr. Van Schepler-Luu, investigated reports from the Department of Agriculture- Regional Crop Protection […]
India’s central pool rice stocks exceed 59 MT—four times the buffer norm—despite record offloading in FY25 via PDS, ethanol, Bharat rice, and market sales. High procurement and output fuel surplus, raising concerns over storage and rising food subsidy costs. Written by Sandip Das. The government’s central-pool rice stocks continue to surge despite record offloading of […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), under the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is set to broaden the scope of the pilot test for the P20-per-kilo rice initiative, aiming to reach up to 14 million Filipinos by September. Initially launched on May 1 as a pilot program in select Visayan areas, the initiative is now […]
