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Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar

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The price of rice in Japan has soared amid summer heatwaves and distribution issues. Photograph: Richard A Brooks/AFP/Getty Images

Japan is to flood the market with almost a quarter of a million tonnes of stockpiled rice in an unprecedented attempt to arrest soaring prices caused by record summer heat, panic buying and distribution problems. Read More

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