# @nikkeiasia on YouTube

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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Utsds6gflAk
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-19T03:52:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nikkei Asia (@nikkeiasia) — https://gondola.cc/nikkeiasia

## Caption

Rice prices have been on the rise in Japan. 

A 5-kilogram bag of the grain has roughly doubled to around 4,200 yen, or $30, from a year ago. The same amount of white, long-grain rice sells for less than half that in the U.S.

While importing rice has been floated as a solution, Japanese farmers remain heavily protected from foreign competition and make up an important voter base for the ruling party. (Japan holds an upper house election next month.)

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