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Japan Breaks With Policy of Not Controlling Rice Prices; New Approach Also Skips Distributors, Wholesalers

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By Haruna Fukushima and Rintaro Kaizuka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

18:12 JST, May 27, 2025

The agriculture ministry’s decision to sell state-held reserves of rice through “discretionary contracts,” in which the government sets the price of the grain, is a drastic change from its previous stance of not controlling rice prices. With the average price of rice now doubled from the same perio...

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