{"id":179999,"date":"2026-09-29T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179999&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:06:00","slug":"new-rice-sells-for-less-than-last-years-crop-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-rice-sells-for-less-than-last-years-crop-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"New rice sells for less than last year\u2019s crop in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fukuoka supermarket was selling new-season rice for 2,970 yen on Sep. 28, below the 3,218 yen price of last year\u2019s rice. The store attributed the unusual gap to expensive purchases during last year\u2019s shortage and more stable supplies now. The nationwide average for five kilograms of branded rice stood at 2,966 yen on Sep. 25, about 1,600 yen below last November\u2019s peak. A farmer in Chikushino warned that falling prices could make continued production difficult. Teikoku Databank recorded 28 rice-farming businesses closing from January through August, with rising costs and aging farmers among the pressures on the industry. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/economy\/fs16e0447f55324fb7a2e38de72035cd31\" target=\"_blank\">FBS News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kab.co.jp\/news\/article\/16879130\" target=\"_blank\">KAB News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_rice-field-rice-farm_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_rice-field-rice-farm_2026_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_rice-field-rice-farm_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_rice-field-rice-farm_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_rice-field-rice-farm_2026_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fukuoka supermarket was selling new-season rice for 2,970 yen on Sep. 28, below the 3,218 yen price of last year\u2019s rice. The store attributed the unusual gap to expensive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179999","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}