The government is set to maintain its current selling prices for imported wheat for millers starting from October to help combat sharp surges in the cost of commodities due in part to the war in Ukraine.
The Philippine government asked Japanese retailers to raise banana prices to sustain the country s banana industry on June 8, saying that prices have stayed flat for many years despite rising production and logistics costs.
Fishery operators and distributors in Hokkaido are growing antsy over possible delays in opening the fishing season for salmon and trout caused by frayed relations between Japan and Russia.
Neighborhoods in Saitama and Chiba prefectures have risen in popularity as preferred places to live in among residents of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, a survey showed.