{
  "id": 16834759,
  "title": "Japan Govt to Buy Back More Rice to Replenish Stockpiles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/japan-govt-to-buy-back-more-rice-to-replenish-stockpiles",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T02:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102701004/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry plans to buy back an additional 100,000 tons of rice from the private sector to replenish the government's stockpiles after some of the state rice reserves was released in and after March last year, it has been learned. The move comes as the government stockpiles remain far below 1 million tons, a level deemed appropriate, raising con...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}