Japan faces worst rice shortage in decades
Posted by walrus_operator
Japan faces worst rice shortage in decades
Posted by walrus_operator
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> Japan is self-sufficient in rice and the government carefully controls imports while seeking to limit production to keep prices high.
> “Japanese policy of deliberately reducing production to support prices has put the country in a position where relatively small changes in the supply or demand side of rice can cause these quite severe effects,” he said.
Myopic government policies + change = catastrophe, a recipe as old as time.
As Marie Antoinette would say: Just eat those sponge cheesecakes associated with japan
I couldn’t find a super reliable source but they apparently have a three figure% tariff on rice?
Oh my god they may have *gasp import rice