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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/114525740919966012">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 08:22:05 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/114518061556385468" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>"[<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a>'s] agriculture ministry said... average retail price of a 5-kilogram bag of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/rice" rel="tag">#rice</a> sold at supermarkets nationwide [dropped for the first time] in 18 weeks [, but] prices remain roughly double those of the same period last year"<br>"...the govt believes that wholesalers, who purchase rice from collection agents, are adding markups when selling to retailers..."<br><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0bu/012000c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0bu/012000c</a><br>🔸...which reminds me of the Laurel &amp; Hardy theme "Dance of the Cuckoos":<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvp1o6tCIo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvp1o6tCIo</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5063024#notice-9939469">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-05-18T08:22:05+09:00" title="Sunday, 18-May-2025 08:22:05 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/114525740919966012" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/114525740919966012">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.mainichi.jp</div><h5><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0bu/012000c">Japan to continue monthly release of stockpiled rice at 100,000-ton levels: source - The Mainichi</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.facebook.com/themainichi/</span></div></header><div>TOKYO -- The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the fourth batch release</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><img height="128" width="128" src="https://gnusocial.jp/thumbnail/4643092?w=128&amp;h=128"><h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvp1o6tCIo">Dance of the Cuckoos (From "Laurel and Hardy")</a></h5><div> from <span>London Music Works - Topic</span></div></header><div>Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupDance of the Cuckoos (From "Laurel and Hardy") · London Music Works100 Greatest Film Themes - Take 3℗ 2013 Univer...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 08:22:05 JST Minoru Saba
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"[#Japan's] agriculture ministry said... average retail price of a 5-kilogram bag of #rice sold at supermarkets nationwide [dropped for the first time] in 18 weeks [, but] prices remain roughly double those of the same period last year"
"...the govt believes that wholesalers, who purchase rice from collection agents, are adding markups when selling to retailers..."
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0bu/012000c
🔸...which reminds me of the Laurel & Hardy theme "Dance of the Cuckoos":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvp1o6tCIo
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  Japan to continue monthly release of stockpiled rice at 100,000-ton levels: source - The Mainichi
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  TOKYO -- The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the fourth batch release
2. Dance of the Cuckoos (From "Laurel and Hardy")
  from London Music Works - Topic
  Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupDance of the Cuckoos (From "Laurel and Hardy") · London Music Works100 Greatest Film Themes - Take 3℗ 2013 Univer...

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