ConnexionOnce Shunned by Japanese Consumers, Korean Rice Now Flies Off the Shelves
Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a foreign variety.
Japanese tourists looking at rice at a supermarket in Seoul on Monday. Some Japanese visitors are taking rice souvenirs home with them.
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