Explainer | High prices, low supply, vexed consumers: how Japan’s rice crisis got so bad
- Posted on May 23, 2025
- By South China Morning Post
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Explainer | High prices, low supply, vexed consumers: how Japan’s rice crisis got so bad

‘If this continues, we will stop eating rice,’ a customer says, as prices soar and shortages persist despite government intervention.