{
  "id": 4805096,
  "title": "Farm ministry to buy back 210,000 tons of rice released from its stockpiles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/farm-ministry-to-buy-back-210-000-tons-of-rice-released-from-its",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/01/japan/government-stockpile-rice/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government released stockpiles of rice last year to lower prices, a move that significantly depleted reserves of the grain.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}