TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's talk last month of moving up imports of U.S. corn has raised eyebrows in Japan's agriculture industry, as the pest problems cited by Tokyo have little to do with the type of corn America supplies.
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Tokyo's offer to buy US corn baffles Japan's animal feed makers
Carb-rich American imports fill different role from pest-plagued domestic crop
An American farmer inspects his crop in Illinois. Japan has agreed to buy excess U.S. corn in bilateral negotiations.
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