Japan Starts Releasing Stockpiled Rice under New Procedures

Watari, Miyagi Pref., May 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Thursday began releasing government-stockpiled rice sold under discretionary contracts, new procedures aimed at resolving persisting price rises for the country's staple food. In the morning, 12 tons of stockpiled rice arrived at a milling plant of a company under the wing of household goods retailer Iris Ohyama Inc. in the town of Watari, ...

Japan Starts Releasing Stockpiled Rice under New Procedures
Watari, Miyagi Pref., May 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Thursday began releasing government-stockpiled rice sold under discretionary contracts, new procedures aimed at resolving persisting price rises for the country's staple food. In the morning, 12 tons of stockpiled rice arrived at a milling plant of a company under the wing of household goods retailer Iris Ohyama Inc. in the town of Watari, ...