Government eyes no-bid contracts with major retailers and e-commerce platforms
TOKYO --Japan's newly appointed agriculture minister on Friday pledged to quickly bring down rice prices to 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms, promising relief to inflation-hit consumers.
The government will release government-stockpiled rice through no-bid contracts with major retailers, Shinjiro Koizumi said on public broadcaster NHK.
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