# @nextshark on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-08-26T16:40:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NextShark (@nextshark) — https://gondola.cc/nextshark

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Japanese government officials believe that a massive increase in tourism may be one of the reasons for the country’s decreasing rice stockpile. ⁠
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Rice inventories in the private sector fell to 1.56 million tons in June, the lowest level since Japan began gathering data in 1999 and 20% lower than the 1.97 million tons recorded in June 2023. ⁠
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Over 3 million tourists visited Japan in March, a 69.5% increase compared to the same period the previous year. Despite the declining rice stockpile, farm ministry official Hiroshi Itakura told Agence France-Presse that “we are not in a situation of facing shortages of rice.”⁠
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