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AFP: Houses made from rice: Kyrgyzstan’s eco-friendly revolution. “It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov’s new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice. The eco-friendly alternative to conventional construction materials is booming in the Central Asian country, which is vulnerable to global warming and grapples with water shortages.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/11/houses-made-from-rice-kyrgyzstans-eco-friendly-revolution-afp/

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Trump %tariffs: Asia is reeling but is anyone winning?

« #Japan has proven to be a tough negotiator and I think that has annoyed #Trump," Mr Koll said.

Despite a #rice shortage that has sent prices soaring, PM Ishiba has refused to buy US rice, choosing instead to protect domestic farmers.

His government has also refused to give in to US demands to increase its military spending. »

bbc.com/news/articles/ckg5l2yy

US President Donald Trump during a dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, 7 July, 2025.
www.bbc.comTrump tariffs: Asia is reeling but is anyone winning?The US president has reset the tariffs clock again, leaving Asia's export-driven economies in limbo.

#Polynesia #archeology #rice

"Rice was a staple crop in the ancestral Austronesian regions of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia, but it was unknown in any of the Pacific Islands at the time of European encounters, with the exception of the unique case of Guam and the Mariana Islands. Through multiple methodologies, including phytolith analysis, micro–computed tomography scanning, and thin-section petrography, this recent research confirms the presence of abundant rice husk and leaf phytoliths adhering to red-slipped pottery ('Marianas Red') at the Ritidian Site Complex in Guam, dated by radiocarbon to 3500 to 3100 years ago. This study addresses the long-standing question of whether the first Pacific Islanders transported rice with them from the Philippines across 2300 kilometers of open sea, representing the longest known ocean voyage of the time. During this early period, rice was restricted to special ritual events in the Marianas. The early voyage apparently was planned with provisions of rice at 3500 years ago."

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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4,000 per 5 kilograms

The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through June 15 stood at ¥3,920 per 5 kilograms, slipping below ¥4,000 for the first time since the week that ended on March 2, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The ave…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #food #inflation #JapanTopics #maff #news #rice #ShinjiroKoizumi
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alojapan.com/1314941/price-of- Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4,000 per 5 kilograms #food #inflation #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #maff #news #rice #ShinjiroKoizumi The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through June 15 stood at ¥3,920 per 5 kilograms, slipping below ¥4,000 for the first time since the week that ended on March 2, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The average price was down by ¥256 from the previous we…