Japan Buys 3,704 Tons Rice From U.S., Thailand, China in Tender
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Japan bought 3,704 metric tons of foreign rice today through a tender system introduced to loosen government grain-import controls, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
Of the total, 2,164 tons were from the U.S., 920 tons were from China, and the remainder from Thailand, the ministry said in a statement today.