Sushi, rice balls, curry rice, eel rice... rice almost makes up three meals a day for Japanese people. However, over the past year or so, the change in rice prices in Japan has been like a “roller coaster”: starting in the summer of 2024, the price of rice continued to rise, and once turned into a “rice shortage”; since the beginning of this year, as stocks increased and new rice went on the market, rice prices fell rapidly, and farmers in some production areas even faced losing money to sell rice. Analysts believe that from consumers “unable to buy” to operators “unable to sell,” there is an imbalance between supply and demand in the Japanese rice market. If rice prices continue to fall, it may dampen farmers' enthusiasm for planting and further weaken Japan's agricultural production base.

Sushi, rice balls, curry rice, eel rice... rice almost makes up three meals a day for Japanese people. However, over the past year or so, the change in rice prices in Japan has been like a “roller coaster”: starting in the summer of 2024, the price of rice continued to rise, and once turned into a “rice shortage”; since the beginning of this year, as stocks increased and new rice went on the market, rice prices fell rapidly, and farmers in some production areas even faced losing money to sell rice. Analysts believe that from consumers “unable to buy” to operators “unable to sell,” there is an imbalance between supply and demand in the Japanese rice market. If rice prices continue to fall, it may dampen farmers' enthusiasm for planting and further weaken Japan's agricultural production base.