Article: Japan's Resistance Irks Rice Growers in Sacramento, Calif., Area.

Transcript: California Rice Cheaper in Japan, CNNfn
Business Unusual (CNNfn);  July 18, 2001 ;     610 words ... ... stations around Japan. (on camera): Importing California rice for these lunch ... controversial hear in Japan, because Japanese ... Organization now requires Japan to import 8 percent ... reaction to the California rice is mixed. This ...

Article: Japanese consumer spokesman Taiji Sato to hold news conference ...
PR Newswire;  December 3, 1986 ;     580 words ... ... tomorrow, Dec. 4, to announce his plans to ship California rice to Japan in defiance of the Japanese government's ban on ... cargo of rice is being containerized for shipment to Japan. CONTACT: Joan Worden or Holly Pollinger of Worden ...

Article: California Rice Compares Favorably to Japanese ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... investment promotion at the Japan External Trade Organization ... I myself love to eat California rice." California does export rice to Japan, under a 1995 trade ... S. rice exports to Japan. But California rice growers don't think ...

Transcript: Profile: California rice growers trying to tap ...
NPR Morning Edition;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... eight to 10 percent of California rice is Koshihikari or other ... price of plain old California rice. But only about half ... good stuff can go to Japan because of import caps ... MARGOLIS: Traditional California rice is short and sturdy ...

Article: California Rice Industry to Set Apart Genetically ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Johnson, executive director of the California Rice Commission, which represents all ... of a policy recently adopted by Japan that will require that all genetically ... that the position now taken by the California rice industry shows there's growing ...

Article: California Rice Growers Want to Push Boundaries.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and tend to believe California rice is inferior to their ... be able to penetrate Japan's rice market, especially ... competitors for rice in Japan. "We think we're ... Mathews believes the California rice industry will have better ... Department of Agriculture, Japan consumed 9 ...

Transcript: Profile: Japanese not impressed by organically grown ...
NPR Morning Edition;  August 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... from rice grown in Japan. Mr. JEFFREY SCHNACK ... this new-fangled California rice? (Soundbite of package ... lower than those in Japan. And with Japan on the verge of yet ... protests against the California rice and say more are planned ...