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Rakyat Post
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Rakyat Post
[Watch] Real Argument Or Rage Bait? Couple Arguing In ST Rosyam Mart Draws Attention
Subscribe to our FREE Two TikTok videos have gone viral for showing an alleged couple arguing about paying for groceries inside ST Rosyam Mart. The couple were seen arguing with a trolley full of items between them. During the shouting match, the man kept picking and throwing items from the trolley in anger. Meanwhile, the woman shouted to ask him to bring back the items and said she doesn't get to shop much. The man finally toppled the whole trolley over before some people stepped in to intervene. In the comments, netizens found the man's behaviour appalling and sympathised with the woman, noting she was also buying baby products like diapers. Meanwhile, people were still split on whether women should shop with their own money or the husband should provide all for the household. However, some don't think the argument is real and believe it was a content skit. In one of the TikTok videos, the user recorded the whole argument and posed with a The couple didn't break character despite the TikTok user's strange self-insertion. This gave others the impression that the argument was clearly filmed for content purposes. Is it a real argument or a rage bait? While it's not known what transpired between the couple or if it's a skit, ST Rosyam Mart made a promotional video regarding their ST card five years ago. The promo vid also featured a couple arguing about paying for groceries. The couple was finally able to settle the grocery bill using the ST card. With this video in mind, it's possible that the recent argument in the store is for ST Rosyam Mart's upcoming promotional video. ST Rosyam Mart was His dream was to open a supermarket like Aeon or Jaya Grocer but with pasar pagi prices or lower. Share your thoughts with us via TRP's . Get more stories like this to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter.
Asahi Shimbun
03-06-2025
- Business
- Asahi Shimbun
Private sector continues to import record amounts of rice
Major supermarket chain Aeon started selling 100 percent Calrose rice from the United States in May. The photo was taken in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 13. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Not only is Japan eating more rice grown overseas, the Finance Ministry reported the private sector imported a record 3,000 tons in fiscal 2024 to combat the shortage at home and ballooning prices of domestic harvests. This record noted in the trade statistics report released by the ministry's Customs and Tariff Bureau marked an all-time-high since fiscal 2000 when data was first recorded. It has also already been eclipsed by this fiscal year's still-growing totals. Rice imports reached about 6,800 tons in April alone, more than double the private sector's total imports of 3,011 tons during fiscal 2024. Most was sourced from the United States. Comparatively, the government can currently import about 770,000 tons of rice annually without being subject to tariffs under the World Trade Organization's "minimum access" system. Private sector buyers have access to 100,000 of the 770,000 tons to consume as a staple food. If private companies import outside this framework, a tariff of 341 yen ($2.38) per kilogram is imposed. Recently, imports outside the quota have increased significantly. The Asahi Shimbun's calculations based on the statistics from the Finance Ministry show the private sector imported about 730 tons of rice in fiscal 2023. This shot up to 3,011 tons in fiscal 2024. Zooming in, about 1,300 tons of rice were imported this March followed by 6,838 tons in April—around 80 times more than last year's average monthly totals. About 80 percent of April's imports were from the United States, followed by India, Thailand and Vietnam. While this amount is still insignificant when factoring in that the total domestic demand for the staple is about 7 million tons, having the option to buy rice grown abroad may still be attractive to some consumers. Even with tariffs, it is more affordable than the soaring prices of domestic brands. According to the farm ministry, the latest average cost for a 5-kilogram bag of rice is 4,260 yen including tax while Calrose rice from the U.S. goes for about 300 yen less. Kazunuki Oizumi, a professor emeritus at Miyagi University who specializes in agricultural management, believes the government should push to turn Japanese rice into a viable export to remain competitive. 'Rice is the only staple food that Japan can domestically supply to meet its demand,' he said. 'Therefore, the government should develop the rice industry to enter overseas markets through expanding the scale of production and technological innovations.' Oizumi went on to say that the recent increase in imports 'reflects the government's failure in agricultural policy, which kept rice prices high. The country is at a crossroads regarding food security, facing a choice between relying on imports or domestic production.' (This article was written by Roku Goda and Nobufumi Yamada.)
CNA
03-06-2025
- Business
- CNA
Japanese consumers scramble to grab cheap rice; government ready to release more
TOKYO: Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday (Jun 3) the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long queues to snatch up cheap, emergency-use grain made available through some retailers since the weekend. In an abrupt change of policy, the government last week began selling stockpiled rice directly to retailers, aiming to get a 5kg bag to consumers for around ¥2,000 (US$14) - less than half of average prices. Those products started hitting some store shelves at the weekend, when hundreds of people waited in line for hours at retailers such as Ito-Yokado and Aeon despite being allowed just one bag per household. The doubling in rice prices since last year, partly due to extreme heat impacting production, has become a major concern for voters and policymakers ahead of two key elections - for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on Jun 22 and parliament's upper house in July. "I never thought the price of stockpiled rice would fall this low," said 75-year-old Kazumi Uchida as she waited in line at an Ito-Yokado store in Tokyo on a rainy Saturday. "I'm almost out of rice and was shifting to eat more bread and noodles." Average supermarket prices fell for the first time in three weeks in the seven days to May 25, but only by ¥25 to average ¥4,260 / 5kg, showing limited impact from the release of stockpiled rice under the previous auction system involving several layers of wholesalers. Farm Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who scrapped that system upon taking his post on May 21, said the government could also consider buying back rice from wholesalers that had participated in those auctions since March, potentially bringing more of the staple grain to market at lower prices. He repeated that the government stood ready to release all of its stockpile if necessary. "If we let rice prices remain high, (store) shelves will be filled with imported rice," he said. It remains to be seen how the artificially cheap stockpiled rice would affect the price of single-origin "brand" rice and other products. Rice production is expected to rise for the 2025 harvest year. As homegrown rice prices soared, demand for cheaper, foreign-made rice has also surged, even after the hefty levy Japan imposes to protect producers of its staple rice, beyond the tariff-free "minimum access" quota. Private rice imports, while still tiny, quadrupled in the first 11 months of fiscal 2024 to just under 1,500 metric tons. Japan's fiscal year runs from April to March.
Reuters
03-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Japanese consumers scramble to grab cheap rice; government ready to release more
TOKYO, June 3 (Reuters) - Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long queues to snatch up cheap, emergency-use grain made available through some retailers since the weekend. In an abrupt change of policy, the government last week began selling stockpiled rice directly to retailers, aiming to get a 5 kg bag to consumers for around 2,000 yen ($14) - less than half of average prices. Those products started hitting some store shelves at the weekend, when hundreds of people waited in line for hours at retailers such as Ito-Yokado and Aeon (8267.T), opens new tab despite being allowed just one bag per household. The doubling in rice prices since last year, partly due to extreme heat impacting production, has become a major concern for voters and policymakers ahead of two key elections - for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on June 22 and parliament's upper house in July. "I never thought the price of stockpiled rice would fall this low," said 75-year-old Kazumi Uchida as she waited in line at an Ito-Yokado store in Tokyo on a rainy Saturday. "I'm almost out of rice and was shifting to eat more bread and noodles." Average supermarket prices fell for the first time in three weeks in the seven days to May 25, but only by 25 yen to average 4,260 yen/5 kg, showing limited impact from the release of stockpiled rice under the previous auction system involving several layers of wholesalers. Farm Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who scrapped that system upon taking his post on May 21, said the government could also consider buying back rice from wholesalers that had participated in those auctions since March, potentially bringing more of the staple grain to market at lower prices. He repeated that the government stood ready to release all of its stockpile if necessary. "If we let rice prices remain high, (store) shelves will be filled with imported rice," he said. It remains to be seen how the artificially cheap stockpiled rice would affect the price of single-origin "brand" rice and other products. Rice production is expected to rise for the 2025 harvest year. As homegrown rice prices soared, demand for cheaper, foreign-made rice has also surged, even after the hefty levy Japan imposes to protect producers of its staple rice, beyond the tariff-free "minimum access" quota. Private rice imports, while still tiny, quadrupled in the first 11 months of fiscal 2024 to just under 1,500 metric tons. Japan's fiscal year runs from April to March. Official data for the past few months is not yet available, but the Japan Agricultural News reported that private imports surged to more than 6,800 tons in April alone. ($1 = 143.2100 yen)
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Japan to Set Up Minister-Level Meeting to Address Rice Supplies
(Bloomberg) -- Japan will set up a minister-level meeting as early as this week to address the supply of rice, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said in parliament on Monday, as the government seeks to stabilize the price of the nation's staple grain and quell public anger ahead of a summer election. Billionaire Steve Cohen Wants NY to Expand Taxpayer-Backed Ferry Where the Wild Children's Museums Are The Economic Benefits of Paying Workers to Move Now With Colorful Blocks, Tirana's Pyramid Represents a Changing Albania NYC Congestion Toll Brings In $216 Million in First Four Months The government released a further 300,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice last week in a bid to bring down prices, which have doubled in the past year. The move came as households struggle with inflation less than two months before an upper house election that could punish a minority government already on the back foot after an underwhelming performance in last year's general vote. 'With rice costing twice as much — even 2.5 times as much in some regions — as last year, it's very important to steady that and stabilize the market,' Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said in the same parliamentary session on Monday. Retailers including Aeon Co Ltd. and Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp., the parent company of popular discount store Don Quijote, started selling the stockpiled rice over the weekend, according to statements from both companies. Aeon priced its 5 kilogram bag at just under ¥2,000 before tax, well below the ¥4,200 per bag average consumers are seeing at storefronts. The government auctioned off batches of stockpiled rice starting in February, but prices have continued to hit record highs. Koizumi announced last week that the most recent release would be sold at a fixed price instead of auctioned, and bypass the usual supply chain, which includes rice collection agencies and wholesalers. YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back? Will Small Business Owners Knock Down Trump's Mighty Tariffs? Trump Considers Deporting Migrants to Rwanda After the UK Decides Not To ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
