Rice prices set to remain 'firm' until third quarter

                   
zawya.com     May 17, 2008            

Soaring rice prices are expected to remain high despite the start of the harvest this month and predictions by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that this year's output would increase by 2.3 per cent, reaching 666 million tonnes. [read full story]                    

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US should let Japan sell its US rice: NGO

newsonjapan.com     May 15, 2008          

AFP - Thursday, May 15 WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The United States should allow Japan to sell its 1.5 million tons of imported US rice or give it to the World Food Program to help cool runaway rice prices, a nongovernmental organization said Wednesday. "An agreement by Washington and Tokyo for Japan...                    

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Rice Prices

lankabusinessonline.com     May 15, 2008          

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The United States should allow Japan to sell its 1.5 million tons of imported US rice or give it to the World Food Program to help cool runaway rice prices, a nongovernmental organization said Wednesday. "An agreement by Washington and Tokyo for Japan to release...                    

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Japan fears rice'n'pickle diet as food supply slows

alertnet.org     May 16, 2008          

TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Japan could find itself dining on rice, pickles and potatoes if global food supplies keep tightening and imports are cut off, the government warned on Friday. Just 39 percent of food in Japan is produced at home, the lowest percentage among the major industrialised...                    

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Japan fears rice and pickle diet as food supply slows

reuters.com     May 16, 2008          

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan could find itself dining on rice, pickles and potatoes if global food supplies keep tightening and imports are cut off, the government warned on Friday. Just 39 percent of food in Japan is produced at home, the lowest percentage among the major industrialized countries,...                    

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Higher export supplies ease world rice prices

chron.com     May 16, 2008          

Rice slumped for a fifth day, heading for the biggest weekly decline in almost four years, as the prospect of exports from Pakistan and Japan eased concern that a global food shortage is worsening. Rice has fallen 14 percent to $19.80 per 100 pounds in Chicago this week, the biggest weekly drop...                    

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LEAD: Japan to export rice to Philippines as emergency relief+

tmcnet.com     May 16, 2008          

TOKYO, May 17_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADD INFO) Japan has decided to export 50,000 tons of rice to the Philippines as emergency relief for the Southeast Asian rice importer, which is unable to secure enough supplies in the face of soaring international rice prices, government officials said Friday. The...                    

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Japan fears rice and pickle diet as food supply slows (Reuters)

yahoo.com     May 16, 2008          

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan could find itself dining on rice, pickles and potatoes if global food supplies keep tightening and imports are cut off, the government warned on Friday. Just 39 percent of food in Japan is produced at home, the lowest percentage among the major industrialized countries,...                    

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A political crisis

eureferendum.blogspot.com     May 18, 2008          

The "global food crisis" has afforded no end of opportunities for just about anyone with an axe to grind (not least this blog) to air their reasons as to why the world is running out of food. Japan was is self-sufficient in rice and there was no domestic market for US imports which, in any case...                    

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