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The Matcha Wire Weekly
The Matcha Wire Weekly is a free English-language round-up of the week's Japanese tea-industry news, published every Monday by Ooika. Each edition covers five stories drawn from Japanese newspapers, government ministries, prefectural tea associations and trade bodies, with every figure credited to the outlet that reported it. Every edition ever published is listed below.
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Matcha Mania Pushes Tea Prices to Record Highs
Global matcha demand and a landmark geographical indication are reshaping Japan's tea economy from the ground up.
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2026
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Matcha Mania Pushes Tea Prices to Record Highs
Global matcha demand and a landmark geographical indication are reshaping Japan's tea economy from the ground up.
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Matcha's Global Boom Meets Japan's Supply Squeeze
Record grower prices, a global matcha rush and a landmark GI designation collide with mounting warnings that China's expansion could upend Japan's tea trade.
Matcha Wire Monthly — By the Numbers
The Weekly covers the week's stories. The Monthly data report collects the month's figures — every number reported in Japanese tea coverage that month, each credited to the outlet that published it, with the underlying data downloadable as a CSV.
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