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Japan rice prices: reserve release and distribution changes
Follow the decision to release reserve rice, the first auction and a shift toward direct contracts. Announcing supply is different from getting rice onto shop shelves or proving that prices fell.
Reviewed 9/21/2026
February-May 2025 policy milestones. Later retail-price changes are not inferred from the release announcements.
Dates without a time use the local date of the event.
From the beginningThrough 5/26/2025
February-May 2025 policy milestones. Later retail-price changes are not inferred from the release announcements.