TOKYO-A tourism boom has helped cut Japan’s rice stockpile to the lowest this century as foreign visitors gobble up sushi, onigiri and other dishes with the staple, officials told AFP on July 31. Bigger factors, however, were lower harvests caused by hot weather and water shortages, as well as prices rising at a slower pace than alternatives, the farm ministry stressed. Rice held in the private sector was 1.56 million tons( 1.4 million tonnes) in June, the lowest since comparable data began bein
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