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Podcast [English World] Episode 101: Stockpiled rice
KYODO NEWS - 13 hours ago - 10:13 | All, Podcast
How has the surging price of rice affected you personally?
Three Kyodo News reporters -- Toma Mochizuki, Eduardo Martinez and Peter Masheter -- talk about how the Japanese government's stockpiled rice was recently released in supermarkets and other retail stores. Listen as they discuss why the price of the staple crop has been surging, and the political backstory behind the government's move.
Article mentioned in the podcast:
Japan's cheaper stockpiled rice starts hitting store shelves
Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.
More podcast episodes:
Podcast [English World] Episode 100: Atomic bomb trees
Podcast [English World] Episode 99: Overtourism in Japan
Podcast Episode 98: Japan mulls covering childbirth costs from 2026
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