19 Firms Apply to Buy 90,000 Tons of Japan Government Rice; Could Appear on Store Shelves by First Week of June

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The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry had received applications from 19 companies to buy state-held reserves of rice through “discretionary contracts” as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters Tuesday after a Cabinet meeting.

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