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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/114518061556385468">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2025 23:49:07 JST</a><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba" title="minorusaba@toad.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/139443-48-20230930221108.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Minoru Saba" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Minoru Saba</a><div><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/114517979707055662" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>"To keep prices high and support domestic farmers, Japan limits rice production. The farmers sell to collecting agents who sell to wholesalers"<br>Also:<br>" “Some businesses and individuals have started to deal in rice as a money game,” Masayuki Ogawa, an assistant professor of agricultural economics at Utsunomiya University"<br><a href="https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/japan-rice-shortage-auction-emergency-reserves-13877857.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/japan-rice-shortage-auction-emergency-reserves-13877857.html</a><br>🔸Of course Agri Minister Taku Eto "blamed the price hike on a supply chain issue" indicating a lack of systems thinking🙄</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5063024#notice-9927098">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-05-16T23:49:07+09:00" title="Friday, 16-May-2025 23:49:07 JST">about 23 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/114518061556385468" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/114518061556385468">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: images.firstpost.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/japan-rice-shortage-auction-emergency-reserves-13877857.html">Does Japan not have enough rice? Why is it dipping into its reserves?</a></h5><div></div></header><div>In Japan, rice is everything. From sushi to sweets, the staple is part of every meal. However, prices have been rising steadily – doubling from last year because of a shortage. Now in a rare move, the Japanese government is tapping into its emergency reserves</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2025 23:49:07 JST Minoru Saba
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"To keep prices high and support domestic farmers, Japan limits rice production. The farmers sell to collecting agents who sell to wholesalers"
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" “Some businesses and individuals have started to deal in rice as a money game,” Masayuki Ogawa, an assistant professor of agricultural economics at Utsunomiya University"
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/japan-rice-shortage-auction-emergency-reserves-13877857.html
🔸Of course Agri Minister Taku Eto "blamed the price hike on a supply chain issue" indicating a lack of systems thinking🙄
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  Does Japan not have enough rice? Why is it dipping into its reserves?
  In Japan, rice is everything. From sushi to sweets, the staple is part of every meal. However, prices have been rising steadily – doubling from last year because of a shortage. Now in a rare move, the Japanese government is tapping into its emergency reserves

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