Where Did All the Rice Go? Inside Japan’s Vanishing Harvest | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
Where Did All the Rice Go? Inside Japan’s Vanishing Harvest | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
In the last two years, Japan faced a perfect storm — scorching heat, sudden rains, earthquakes, and inflation — all hitting its most sacred crop: rice. As harvests shrank and panic buying surged, even government reserves had to be unlocked. But this isn’t just a supply story. It’s about tradition, identity, and a nation at a crossroads. With ageing farmers, broken supply chains, and climate change, can Japan continue to protect its rice legacy? Or is a food revolution brewing in the land of the rising sun? Palki Sharma tells you.
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27 Comments
Japan should allow more Indians to live there
Buy from india
let the japanies government grow the rice not the people.
The question wasn't answered. The farmers produced more rice in 2023 but it disappeared and prices went up. Who is fooling who? Where did it disappear to.
Then surely, rice can be planted mechanically.
No it wasn't climate change. Had it been climate change the rice couldn't have been produced at all.
Such lazy journalism. Full of tired tropes.
It's citizens are to old to do farming and the young people don't want farming of rice.
No rice = No life 😢
JAPANESE RICE IS STICKY YUMMY ❤️🙏🤔 HEARTFELT PRAYERS JAPAN… TURN TO GOD…. BELIEVE IN GOD AS GOD OF CREATION… CLIMATE… THIS IS GOD'S EARTH. 🙏❤️🙏
SAKURA https://youtu.be/X2axMJQUXvc?si=_e9FF9BPpd0DzS-g
Hullo please fact check ! This is being sensational !
Beautiful Country Beautiful people. Humans are Hard workers. Best place on Earth
If Congress will come India will be in the news.
So grateful I bought some rice today ! Never know what's around the corner ! Sorry for those affected !😢😢
Rice belongs to family Gramineace, Due to severe heat, pollens donot form..reducing pollination, resulting poor harvest… Japan should use .Indian heat resistance Rice cultivars …
Japan can remove the tariff on US rice. The US quality rice is much cheaper. That free trade is what president Trump is trying to do, but will Japan go for getting rid of the tariffs.
US rice farmers have a thousand acres each. How can Japanese farmers compete with less than 10 acres?
I know how to grow rice
Where did it go? Chinna?
It was stolen by American thieves.
It is also same in India, Rice is the source of life and laxmi ji always shown with rice.
The ai sound reporting is really bland and hard to listen because it’s too automated.
Can someone export rice to japan from india and make more profit ripple into farmers packet
Japan can remove the tariff on US rice. The US quality rice is much cheaper. The free trade is what president Trump is trying to do, but will Japan go for getting rid of the tariffs.
Many US rice farmers have a thousand acres each. How can Japanese farmers compete with less than 10 acres?
Rice isn't healthy for health and environment.
any way no one like sticky rice😅😅😅
In Bharat too the young generation is not taking up farming ,because if climate change, labour's price, no profit . Most of agriculture land is being converted into plots. Soon our country too might face rice shortage
https://youtube.com/shorts/FPTBU5Whm5s?si=GUWfVNaoroQA33vU
Why use AI voice? Pathetic.
I just learned from the US secretary of Ag that the tariff for US rice into Japan is 700%. No wonder Japanese have high food cost! I hope this will get posted and not seen as miss information. Just one large 70,000 ton ship of rice would help consumers and US farmers.