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By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice ...
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. ... A 4-kilogram (nearly 9-pound) bag of Calrose will sell for 2,894 yen ($20).
Rice prices in Japan have started to ease, falling below Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s target of below 4,000 yen for a five ...