Japan limits tariff-free “minimum access” imports of staple rice to 100,000 tonnes a year, or around 1 per cent of total consumption. The US accounted for roughly 60 per cent of that amount ...

The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled since his first purchase last summer, ... DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. 36.01 +3.02 (+9.15%) BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc. 5.98 +0. ...

Japanese retailers are turning to California-grown rice, known as Calrose, as an alternative to Japanese rice, which remains pricey and hard to come by. On Tuesday, major retailer Aeon held a ...

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 ...

Despite Trump’s claims of a 700 per cent levy on rice, ... Customers eat cooked California-grown Calrose rice and side dishes at Shokudou Arata, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday.

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 ...

Item 1 of 3 Arata Hirano, owner of the restaurant Shokudou Arata, pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker to cook rice at his restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2025.

White rice is many things, but it’s not nutty, like farro or buckwheat. It’s not bouncy-chewy , like wild rice or barley. And it doesn’t pack a good amount of protein, as quinoa does.