Yasufumi Miwa, a chief specialist researcher at the Japan Research Institute Ltd, an expert in rice distribution. Rice harvested in fiscal 2024 has arrived on supermarket shelves, easing stores’ shortage. However, consumers are still hit hard as prices of the new rice are higher than rice from fiscal 2023 by 30%-50%.
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By late this month, when the newly harvested rice has been sufficiently distributed, the shortage should be resolved and this unusually high price brought down.
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Eastmann
well without these lines we will not know dear expert...
let me tell you one secret.every year in september there is new rice in Japan.again-every year.
wallace
Why should the price of new rice be 30%-50% higher? The costs did not increase that much. I have ordered my new brown rice for ¥283/kg.
Eastmann
wallace
exactly.there is one factor.greed.thats why some wants get paid for rice more.
we pay for 30kgs like 6000jpy cash on hand from my wallet to direct farmer,no middlemen,no supermarket comissions.
robert maes
He means, when the sales agents have pocketed enough yen on rice price manipulation and they move on to another commodity to do the same. Lately its been coffee, cacaobeans..
Sven Asai
Having reached my age I don't listen to such statements anymore. Look, they find always and constantly a fitting reason for problems, too big or low harvests and for increasing prices, regardless of the weather being good, bad or average and regardless of the season is spring, summer, fall or winter.
John-San
I ask my partner if she could get on the local social media to see if anyone is wanting to offload some last season rice. Bingo there is plenty of 30kg bag the dearest was 9,000 yen