This is the first time I've ever seen imported rice for sale in Japan, two from Thailand, one (the wild rice) from Canada. The rice market is severely protected here and I thought that rice could only be imported for industrial processes like making senbe (rice crackers). One year, when the rice harvest was poor, imported rice was sold for cooking, but I heard it was relatively low-quality Thai rice and not well received. This was on the shelf in one of the imported food stores that we seek out occasionally, when our local supermarket face palls.
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