Die „Reiwa-Reis-Unruhen“ – Japans Pro-Kopf-Reisverbrauch hat sich in den letzten 50 Jahren halbiert, was zum großen Teil auf steigende Preise zurückzuführen ist. Die Regierung verursachte dies mit ihrer Politik der „Verhinderung von Überproduktion“.

So you’re saying rising prices were NOT because foreigners were eating all the rice after all?

Crazy.

The main cause of rice consumption has been the diversification of dietary habits until 2024 from 1950, and then the author guessed that the decline was accelerated between 2024 and 2025 by rising prices.

Here is a statistic of rice consumption.

[https://www.zennoh.or.jp/ricefactbook/index2.html](https://www.zennoh.or.jp/ricefactbook/index2.html)

[https://apcagri.or.jp/apc/ricenews/7427/7](https://apcagri.or.jp/apc/ricenews/7427/7)

I was surprised that the main importer of Japanese rice is Hong Kong, and HK and the U.S. import 50% of all Japanese rice exported.