Japan's rice woes are far from over
Japan on May 30 announced ambitious plans to expand rice exports nearly eightfold to 353,000 tonnes in 2030. PHOTO: AFP
Rice is so central to the Japanese identity that the word gohan means both 'cooked rice' and 'meal'.
Yet with prices skyrocketing at home, some Japanese citizens travelling abroad are buying back bags of short-grain japonica.
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