
“The natural free-market price of rice in Japan should have dropped to ¥1300/5kg by now…Japan Agriculture and the LDP have committed a grave sin by forcing citizens to buy rice at record-high prices despite households already struggling with high inflation”.
https://president.jp/articles/-/114749

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I’m starting to see prices below ¥3000. Bought a bag for ¥2980 yesterday.
good to have more bread , potatoes and pasta in our households rotation now 😆
Greed has no boundary. Those who can milk it will milk it more so long as they can get away with it.
I can’t figure out if the Japanese government is corrupt or inept. So I’ll settle on both.