According to a report by Japan’s Kyodo News Agency on the 22nd, the prices of common vegetables such as tomatoes, radishes, carrots, and onions have increased nationwide in Japan. This summer’s scorching heat has led to a poor harvest, and the price of some vegetables has even reached nearly three times that of previous years.
According to the report, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries revealed that the increase in tomato prices was affected by low production due to high temperatures in Hokkaido and Fukushima Prefecture from mid-August to mid-September. The increase in radish prices is affected by Hokkaido and Aomori Prefecture, and carrots are not strong enough due to high temperatures in Hokkaido from August to mid-September.
Survey results from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Water show that at the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, the wholesale price of tomatoes was 392 yen (approximately RMB 19) per kilogram as of July 27, and as of October 17 it had risen to approximately 2.8 times that of previous years. , up to 1,306 yen per kilogram.
The report pointed out that the Japanese household economy has been dragged down by successive increases in gasoline, electricity bills and food prices, and the increase in vegetable prices may make the situation worse.
Kyodo News recently reported that the national consumer price index for September (100 in 2020, excluding fresh food) announced by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on October 20 was 105.7, an increase of 2.8% from the same period last year. Although the increase has narrowed from the 3.1% in August, it remains at a high level due to price increases in many categories such as food and daily necessities. The index has increased year-over-year for 25 consecutive months.
According to a report from the Nikkei Chinese website on October 20, prices in Japan are soaring. The Japanese government and the ruling party will make dealing with rising prices the first pillar of the economic countermeasures they will finalize around early November. It will include subsidies for low-income earners and an extension of gasoline subsidy, and coordination is currently being advanced.
(Source of article: China-Singapore Jingwei)
Article source: China-Singapore Jingwei
Original title: Foreign media: Prices of some vegetables in Japan have soared to three times that of previous years
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2023-10-23 08:52:14
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