Rakuten, 18 Others Offer to Sell Stockpiled Rice

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc. and 18 other companies have applied to sell the Japanese government's stockpiled rice under discretionary contracts, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, they offered to sell a total of about 90,824 tons of stockpiled rice, with the companies each proposing sales of between 10 and 15,000 tons of...

Rakuten, 18 Others Offer to Sell Stockpiled Rice
Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc. and 18 other companies have applied to sell the Japanese government's stockpiled rice under discretionary contracts, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, they offered to sell a total of about 90,824 tons of stockpiled rice, with the companies each proposing sales of between 10 and 15,000 tons of...