Tokyo — Ua hōʻea ka pae kiʻekiʻe loa o nā mea kūʻai aku kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo a Iapana ma mua o 70 mau makahiki i nā mahina 10 mua o kēia makahiki, i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka mākeke pauka matcha o waho e ulu nui ana a me ka emi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka yen, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka ʻikepili aupuni a me ka ʻoihana.
Mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa o kēia makahiki, ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o ke kī i hoʻokuʻu ʻia aku ma ka 44% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa like o ka makahiki i hala, a hiki i ka 10,084 tons. ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ka wahi i hoʻokuʻu aku ai i nā mea kūʻai aku nui loa, me ka nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai he 3,497 tons i nā mahina 10 mua, a ukali ʻia e Taiwan, Thailand, a me Kelemania.
Ua ulu ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia aku o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ʻeiwa mau makahiki i ka lālani, e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o ke kaulana o nā meaʻai Kepani i waena o nā mea kūʻai aku olakino ma nā ʻāina ʻē.
ʻOiai ke piʻi nei o ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma nā ʻāina ʻē, ua noho mau nā hoʻouna makahiki ma lalo o 10,000 tone mai ka wā i loaʻa ai ka piko o 11,553 tone i ka makahiki 1954, ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ke kaulana o ke kī Kina.
ʻOiai ka nāwaliwali o ke koi kūloko no ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Iapana, ua piʻi aʻe ke kumukūʻai o ke kī i nā makahiki i hala iho nei me ka emi ʻana o ka hana ʻana.
I ka makahiki 2024, ua manaʻo ʻia ka hana ʻana o ke kī ma Iapana ma kahi o 74,000 tone, ua emi ma mua o 10% mai nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei, ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ke koi no ka sencha (kī i hoʻomoʻa ʻia) a me ka heluna mahiʻai e ʻelemakule ana.
Wahi a kahi hui mahiʻai ma ke komohana hema o Kagoshima Prefecture, kahi ʻāina hana kī nui ma Iapana, ʻo ke kī i hana ʻia ma waena o ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa (hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no nā mea inu kī ʻōmole) ke kūʻai ʻia aku nei ma mua o 2,500 yen (US$16) no ke kilokani, ʻeono manawa ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-18-2025