As of late February, Nishiki rice at online stores specializing in Japanese food and Asian supermarkets was selling for $17.99 for 15 pounds (about 6.8 kilograms). This translates to around 2,000 yen ...
WASHINGTON (Mainichi) -- Soaring rice prices in Japan triggered by the "rice upheaval" last summer have surprised Japanese expatriates in the United States, as it remains cheaper to buy rice there ...