Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

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JOETSU, Japan – For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively ...

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By understanding farmers' medium- and long-term plans on planting areas and others, the government aims to promote a drastic review of its rice policy.