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

(www.japantimes.co.jp)
126 points PaulHoule | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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beejiu ◴[01 Jul 25 00:15 UTC] No.44429314[source]▶
Japan's the fourth largest economy in the world and, given how cheap rice is, it being 1x, 5x or even 10x average I'm sure is insignificant to 95%+ of people.

For perspective, it's about 2x what you'd pay in a UK supermarket. What's the big deal?

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1. numpad0 ◴[01 Jul 25 00:33 UTC] No.44429416[source]▶
"rice" and "meal" are synonyms in Japanese language. Food in day-to-day Japanese cooking mostly consider what and how to pair with rice off the cooker. And "the food" is suddenly costing double. It is a big deal.