{"id":290142,"date":"2025-04-25T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/japans-rice-is-so-expensive-its-willing-to-eat-south-koreas\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:06:36","slug":"japans-rice-is-so-expensive-its-willing-to-eat-south-koreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/japans-rice-is-so-expensive-its-willing-to-eat-south-koreas\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s Rice Is So Expensive, It\u2019s Willing to Eat South Korea\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japanese consumers have historically steered clear of foreign rice. But facing high prices, they rushed last week to buy the first South Korean imports to Japan in decades, clearing the shelves within days, South Korean officials said.<\/p>\n

It was a relatively small amount, a little over two tons, compared with Japan\u2019s overall shortage, but it was a big change from the country\u2019s last rice crisis, in 1993. Then, rice imported from places like Thailand, a top rice exporter, languished unsold in stores.<\/p>\n

\u201cJapanese rice itself is so delicious that people haven\u2019t had the confidence to eat foreign rice,\u201d said Park Jaehyun, a South Korean rice sommelier who is certified in Japan. \u201cNow they know: The quality of rice is also quite good in South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of Japan\u2019s 200,000-ton shortage<\/a> of rice, its staple grain, the government has tapped its emergency reserves<\/a>. Still, prices have remained high, double last year\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n