Consumer inflation advanced apace last month, supporting the Bank of Japan’s stance on a gradual rate hike path before U.S. tariff measures clouded the economic outlook. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/18/economy/cpi-march/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation #boj #rice
Japan’s inflation quickens as rice prices gain the most in over 50 years

The price of rice, the nation’s staple food, rose 92.1% from a year earlier, the fastest pace in data going back to 1971.

The Japan Times
Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic - Inside Climate News

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet.  Eaten every day by billions of people and grown across the globe, rice is […]

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Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers

Warmer temperatures and increased carbon dioxide will boost arsenic levels in rice.

Ars Technica

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Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/climate-change-will-make-rice-toxic-say-researchers/

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Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers

Warmer temperatures and increased carbon dioxide will boost arsenic levels in rice.

Ars Technica

Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic - Inside Climate News

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16042025/half-the-worlds-people-depend-on-rice-new-research-says-climate-change-will-make-it-toxic/

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet.

#rice #ClimateChange

Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic - Inside Climate News

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet.  Eaten every day by billions of people and grown across the globe, rice is […]

Inside Climate News
#ClimateChange will make #rice toxic, say researchers
Eaten every day by billions of people and grown across the globe, rice is arguably the planet’s most important staple crop, with half the world’s population relying on it for the majority of its food needs, especially in developing countries.
Warmer temperatures and increased #carbondioxide will boost #arsenic levels in rice. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/climate-change-will-make-rice-toxic-say-researchers/
Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers

Warmer temperatures and increased carbon dioxide will boost arsenic levels in rice.

Ars Technica

Heavy metal, the wrong kind, gets into rice under climate change. Sadly, not music to my ears.

Also note that this study is using compound effects, and increasingly we should pay attention to these factors.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/climate-change-will-make-rice-toxic-say-researchers/

#climatechange #foodsecurity #rice

Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers

Warmer temperatures and increased carbon dioxide will boost arsenic levels in rice.

Ars Technica
With wholesale prices for domestic rice surging about 70% over the past year, there are already signs of a seismic change in mindset in Japan about importing the staple grain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/japan-imported-rice-consumption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #inflation #tariffs #donaldtrump #restaurants #consumerspending #retailers
More Japanese embracing foreign rice, even before it became a tariff topic

A change in mindset could allow Tokyo leeway to relax restrictions if rice becomes a thorny topic in tariff talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Japan Times
https://www.alojapan.com/1249242/more-japanese-embracing-foreign-rice-even-before-it-became-a-tariff-topic/ More Japanese embracing foreign rice, even before it became a tariff topic #ConsumerSpending #DonaldTrump #inflation #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #restaurants #retailers #rice #tariffs When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: He switched to an American variety. The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubl…
More Japanese embracing foreign rice, even before it became a tariff topic

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: He switched to an American variety.The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled since his first purchase last summer, but even so, it's far cheaper than home-grown grains.'Unless domestic prices fall below Calrose prices, I don't plan to switch back,' said Hirano, whose restaurant offers meal sets of fish, rice, soup and sides.

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The agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold the third auction of its stockpiled rice on April 23-25. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/rice-auction-third/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #maff
Japan to hold third auction of stockpiled rice next week

In total, 100,000 tons of reserved 2023 rice will be auctioned.

The Japan Times