When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had ...

Credit: Apple TV+ Pachinko Season 2, episode 3 shifts gears in a major way, as Sunja (Minha Kim) and her family flee to the Japanese countryside ... had to grow out rice fields of varying heights.

Redirecting such rice to the domestic market during shortages will help the government prevent price increases and other disruptions. Japanese rice is more expensive than rice grown in other ...