TOKYO -- Japan on Wednesday insisted "it won't sacrifice the farm sector" in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations about restrictions on access to the Japanese rice market.
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The Japanese government has been releasing its rice stockpiles to bring down prices ahead of an upper house election later this month, but the idea of increasing rice imports is unlikely to go down well with rural voters. © Reuters
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