japan's "rice shortage" continues: japanese couple: noodles are now the main food
2024-09-01
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the "rice shortage" in many parts of japan has continued recently, and the severe shortage of rice supply has spread to more areas. in some supermarkets, rice was sold out in just about 30 minutes after it was put on the shelves, and purchase restrictions had to be implemented.
in addition, the price of japanese rice has been rising since january this year. originally, 5 kilograms of rice cost less than 2,000 yen, but now it has increased by 1,000 yen. it costs nearly 3,000 yen to buy a 5-kilogram bag of rice.
for japanese people, the standard of a happy life is to be able to eat white rice, but now it is almost impossible to eat three meals of white rice a day. some of them have to reduce the number of meals from three to two meals of rice + noodles.
a japanese couple told knews: "on the supermarket shelves, there is only instant rice, and no rice at all. we don't have enough rice at home, so we mainly eat noodles now, such as udon or ramen. we also eat instant rice. i heard that rice will be available in october, so we will try our best to hold on until then."
local governments, retailers and consumers in japan have called on the central government to release rice reserves as soon as possible to ease supply tensions. on august 30, an official from the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said that this measure would not be taken, saying that releasing rice reserves might affect rice circulation.
according to the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, although there is a shortage of rice now, new rice may be delivered in october. if it is faster, the problem of rice supply shortage may be solved by early september.
editor: yin zi
editor: fan yanfei
