Overview

• The calorie-based rate held at 38% in fiscal 2024 for a fourth straight year, according to MAFF.
• The production-value measure increased three points to 64%, lifted by higher rice prices.
• Itemized self-sufficiency rates were rice 97%, vegetables 78%, meat 53%, fish 52%, wheat 16% and soybeans 7%.
• MAFF said gains from higher rice consumption and increased sugar-beet and sugarcane output were offset by a poor wheat harvest and declines in soybeans, vegetables and marine products.
• Prefectural figures for fiscal 2023 showed surpluses led by Hokkaido at 213%, Akita at 202% and Yamagata at 148%, as LDP leader Sanae Takaichi renews calls to raise the national rate.