On the 6th, Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Shinjiro Koizumi said at a press conference that in order to curb the rise in rice prices, they are considering importing rice from abroad as a matter of urgency in the case where all of the reserved rice has been released and there is no inventory.

On the 6th, Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Shinjiro Koizumi said at a press conference that in order to curb the rise in rice prices, they are considering importing rice from abroad as a matter of urgency in the case where all of the reserved rice has been released and there is no inventory.