Japan is selling off its emergency rice stash for the first time since 1995 because prices have doubled, and would you believe one of the culprits is tourists stuffing their faces with onigiri at every 7-Eleven from Tokyo to Osaka?
France 24 reports that record numbers of visitors are partly to blame for Japan's current rice shortage, along with a brutal heat wave in 2023 that damaged crops and some panic buying after earthquake warnings. — Read the rest
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