'Hidden criminals' behind soaring price of rice
[Japan Today] - 03/9/2025
“It’s as if six billion bowls of rice went missing.” What’s happening with rice? Its price is a raging fever. Five kilograms of Niigata Koshihikari brand sold for…
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