Japan will release its stockpiled rice every month until around the end of July, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, after the previous two releases appeared to have had little effect in stabilizing prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/monthly-release-stockpile-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff #food #inflation
Fewer farmers, changing diets, outdated agricultural policies and even an earthquake scare have contributed to price rises affecting Japanese rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/07/food-drink/rice-shortage-japan-reserves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #rice #food #agriculture #climatechange #heatwaves
the only white rice i have handy is sushi rice lol
hope that’s okay!
Anyone have a recommendation for a rice strainer?
I do have a strainer, but the holes are too large for long-grain rice as the grains escape through them 
- It's great for short grain, but I'm not making Sushi and Onigiri all that often lol.
With rice prices staying high, Japanese retail giant Aeon said that it will sell a blend of rice produced in Japan and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/02/companies/aeon-rice-blend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aeon #rice
Japan should aim to boost annual rice exports, including packaged rice and rice flour, to 353,000 tons in 2030, up eightfold from last year, a government panel has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/rice-exports-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #rice #agriculture #food #maff
The cost of living in Tokyo rose more than anticipated from the previous month, keeping the Bank of Japan on track for further interest rate hikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/economy/tokyo-cpi-march/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #inflation #boj #tokyo #rice
The agriculture ministry has begun to accept bids in the second round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/stockpiled-rice-second-auction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #inflation #maff #food
A portion of the Japanese government's rice stockpile is set to hit the shelves as early as next week — but it remains uncertain whether prices will go down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/record-high-rice-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff #food #inflation
The agriculture ministry said Friday that it has selected successful bidders for 141,796 tons of government-stockpiled rice in the initial round of an auction aimed at curbing recent increases in rice prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/rice-auction-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff #food #inflation
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt created a stir in Japan when she accused Japan of imposing a 700% tariff on American rice, but is that really the case? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/12/japan/japan-rice-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #trade
Japan's government has begun auctioning off 150,000 metric tons of its emergency rice stockpile to distributors nationwide in an unprecedented move to lower the price of rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/japan/government-rice-stockpile-bidding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff #food #inflation
Prince Hisahito, who could become emperor one day if the country's succession laws are not changed, has told his first news conference that he will strive to fulfill his royal duties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/prince-hisahito-duties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princehisahito #imperialfamily #vegetables #rice #universities #biology
You want to be consistent.
#Rice your system so that it provides you with your daily mandatory #dopamine shots.
- Add tests to your code 
- Use smooth window animations.
- Set an appealing syntax coloration scheme.
Don't forget that YOUR desktop environment is competing against tiktok, instagram (and pornhub).
The government will auction off part of its rice stockpiles on March 10, the agriculture ministry said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/rice-auction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #maff #rice #food #agriculture
Rice fields of India host valuable, but disappearing, wild edibles
Prices of vegetables and rice have been soaring in Japan due to unfavorable weather and rising production costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/25/japan-vege-price-surge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #inflation #vegetables #japaneseeconomy #rice
