Japan's agriculture minister says he has never bought rice
Taku Eto, amidst the sharp rise in prices for the product, said that he never bought rice because he received it as a gift.
A major political scandal is brewing in Japan, sparked by a statement by Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, who said that he never bought rice because he received a lot of it as gifts, the Saga Shimbun newspaper writes.
In recent months, rice has become so expensive in Japan that the government has begun selling it from state reserves. This is the first time in history that this has happened in peacetime and without natural disasters.
Against this backdrop, the minister's statement that he himself has never bought rice has drawn serious criticism of the government, whose support level is already at a record low of 22%.
Earlier it was reported that US residents began to buy up food products against the backdrop of the introduction of import duties by White House chief Donald Trump.
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