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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

(www.japantimes.co.jp)
126 points PaulHoule | 3 comments | 30 Jun 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.63s | source
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jmpman ◴[30 Jun 25 21:24 UTC] No.44428040[source]▶
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.
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apeescape ◴[30 Jun 25 22:46 UTC] No.44428732[source]▶
Isn't Japanese rice pretty different to Costco rice? Genuine question.
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treefarmer ◴[30 Jun 25 22:51 UTC] No.44428772[source]▶
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.
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1. makeitdouble ◴[30 Jun 25 23:04 UTC] No.44428857[source]▶
This is one of these case where cross-country comparison might bring little relevant information.

Another example could be wine sold at US Cosco vs French Costco. It would be an indicator of something, but I'd personally be lost if I had to interpret it in regards to wine trends in France in general.

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3. daedrdev ◴[01 Jul 25 00:14 UTC] No.44429302[source]▶
In fact Costco has some of the most powerful wine buyers in the world