[HN Gopher] Price of rice in Japan falls below Y=4k per 5 kilograms
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Price of rice in Japan falls below Y=4k per 5 kilograms
Author : PaulHoule
Score : 19 points
Date : 2025-06-30 19:54 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.japantimes.co.jp)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.japantimes.co.jp)
| jmpman wrote:
| I can buy rice at Costco in the US for $25 for 50lbs, which is
| equivalent to 854 yen for 5KG. A bit less than 1/4 the cost of
| Japanese grown rice.
| apeescape wrote:
| Isn't Japanese rice pretty different to Costco rice? Genuine
| question.
| Izikiel43 wrote:
| Japanese rice variety I think is called Japonica. I'm not
| sure if costco sells it.
| treefarmer wrote:
| Yeah, as someone who started with Costco rice and slowly
| moved up the quality chain, there is a clear difference in
| taste between even average Japanese rice and most Costco
| rice. It would be interesting to see a price/quality
| comparison between the U.S. and Japanese Costcos though.
| SpecialistK wrote:
| I can't remember how much I paid, but I was able to buy 10KG
| of grown-in-Japan short grain rice at Costco in Canada within
| the last year.
| tsukikage wrote:
| Cheapest rice I can easily get here in the UK, equivalent to
| ~1600JPY/5kg: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-
| GB/products/314300009
|
| Cheapest rice I am actually willing to eat, ~3000JPY/5kg:
| https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/293247162
|
| Shortgrain rice, such as Japanese rice, tends to be even more
| expensive than that.
|
| That said, no idea where whatever it is the article is quoting
| the price of falls on that scale.
| Aeolun wrote:
| You can buy the same rice in Japan if you are really desperate.
|
| I think they're deliberately talking only about rice people
| actually want to buy.
| makeitdouble wrote:
| That's the perfect setting for the "Mom can we have X ? No, we
| have X at home" meme.
|
| Otherwise USA rice is imported in Japan, as well as other
| countries' and is indeed way cheaper, but not desirable and
| people aren't literally starving either.
| NaOH wrote:
| Related:
|
| _Why are rice prices still high?_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44126639 - May 2025 (16
| comments)
|
| _Japan plans to sell rice from emergency stockpiles to cut
| prices_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42915690 - Feb
| 2025 (11 comments)
|
| _Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages despite normal
| crops?_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41366304 - Aug
| 2024 (179 comments)
| bbarnett wrote:
| Arsenic in rice is on the rise. There is a chat in this article,
| on how to reduce that.
|
| https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-new-way-of-cooking-...
| opan wrote:
| >The PBA method involves parboiling the rice in pre-boiled
| water for five minutes before draining and refreshing the
| water, then cooking it on a lower heat to absorb all the water.
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