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    Rice prices in Japan have finally began to stabilize- not because the government has prevented restrictions on supply, but simply because prices became so high many citizens stopped buying it, reducing demand
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    Rice prices in Japan have finally began to stabilize- not because the government has prevented restrictions on supply, but simply because prices became so high many citizens stopped buying it, reducing demand


    Rice prices in Japan have finally began to stabilize- not because the government has prevented restrictions on supply, but simply because prices became so high many citizens stopped buying it, reducing demand

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    1. ayase_2006 on

      As my mother said. Is the government Japanese? It looks like it is not even from earth.

      The gov does not care about us, greed is the only policy.

    2. Terrible-Today5452 on

      Yeah, now we buy (more) pasta from abroad because it is cheaper than rice.

      Total nonsense for the Japanese economy and food independance.

    3. ImplementFamous7870 on

      If Japanese people don’t eat rice, are they still Japanese?

    4. PetiteLollipop on

      What a shitty situation.
      Rice… Something so simple and a japanese staple food is now so expensive people are having to switch to pasta and bread…

      It’s something that cost like $1 / 1kg In most countries, but in Japan it cost like 10,000 for a bag of 10kg. The average japanese have to work 1 full day just to afford a bag đź’€

    5. merica2033 on

      So when does Takaichi and politicians start taking some measures to reduce oil consumption and save it for necessary things like plastics for medicine or fertilizer and farmer’s tractors?

    7. deeman163 on

      Sometimes, the Japanese government’s genius is almost frightening.

      *They did nothing at all*

    9. trustmebro5 on

      Isn’t it because they only buy Japanese rice? So they switch to pasta instead of the other million rice varieties that are way cheaper?

    10. bbqoyster on

      I live in SE Asia and my Japanese wife says she is thinking about buying Japanese rice here to bring back home. What a timeline

    11. fizzunk on

      I’d like to thank the useless government and JA cartel for forcing me to stop being lazy and setup a regular sourdough starter and adding several no knead bread recipes to my weekly diet.

    12. princethrowaway2121h on

      Time to start mixing, like coffee.

      The “special blend” contains 30% Japanese rice, enough to consider it Japanese by the rules I’ve just made up.

    13. Reasonable_Gift7525 on

      Not eating rice! The secret rice hack that Big Rice doesn’t want you to know

    14. Machumatsu on

      And here I am where my wife *insists* we get the local prefecture rice “to cheer on the local farmers” and next to it is Miyagi rice for about 1000 yen cheaper.