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[Reporter Kang-san Lee, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] Haenam-gun's representative rice brand, 'Ttangkkeut Haetsal', is preparing for additional exports due to its great popularity, including the initial quantity being sold out locally. Ttangkkeut Haetsal, which is based on the Saecheongmu variety produced in Haenam-gun, exported 2 tons to Japan for the first time in March. Recently, with the local rice price in Japan rising nearly twice compared to the average year, Haenam Ttangkkeut Haetsal was recognized for its price competitiveness and quality, and the initial quantity was sold out. Haenam-gun sent 10 tons to Japan in April, and plans to send 10 more tons in the future. Lee Yoon-hee, head of the premium rice team at Haenam-gun's distribution support division, said, "This export to Japan is a great success for Haenam rice.

The price of rice, a staple food in Japan, has doubled in the last year, forcing restaurants and consumers to seek alternatives and the government to release part of its reserves in an attempt to control prices. In Tokyo alone, the price increased by more than 90% year-on-year this April, after rising 89% in March, the highest figure since data collection began in 1971, according to figures released Friday by the government. For the rest of the country, this increase has also been 90% in the last year, a rise driven by increased demand in restaurants due to increased tourism, but also by "panic buying," after the government issued a warning last year about a possible "mega-earthquake." These increases have been particularly impactful on consumers' wallets, and according to figures from April 21, supermarket prices across the country have continued to rise for the fifteenth consecutive week. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the average price of a 5kg bag of rice was ...

Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Japan’s Yomiuri daily reported. With Trump’s trade offensive roiling markets and stoking recession fears, Japan is seeking to walk back his “reciprocal” tariffs and other duties imposed on Japan, along with dozens of countries. In their first round of bilateral talks on Wednesday, U.S. negotiators brought up automobiles and rice as areas where they said Tokyo puts up market barriers, and they demanded that Japan import more meat, fish products and potatoes, the newspaper said, without citing the sources for its information. Japan’s Cabinet Office could not immediately be reached for comment. Those trade barriers are cited in an annual report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Japanese media highlighted a White House photo of the 400-page report on the table at the talks in Washington. Trump unexpectedly ...