
Japan to Sell More Rice Reserves as Prices Soar
This is Beirut 09/04 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA White House
Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt to stabilize soaring prices, the agricultural minister said Wednesday. After rice prices nearly doubled year-on-year, the government began auctioning its stockpile last month -- the first time since it was started in 1995. "In order to stabilize rice prices ...