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ongoing rice shortagesABC News
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Since last summer , prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand.
The government has long paid farmers to cut back on rice acreage to keep rice prices relatively high.
To cope with shortfalls this year , the government has released rice reserves.
Anger over that was part of the reason the agriculture minister quit this week .
Aeon Co. plans to sell U.S. grown Japonica " Calrose " rice at 600 outlets in major cities beginning next month .
A 4-kilogram (nearly 9-pound ) bag of Calrose will sell for 2,894 yen ($ 20 ) Aeon is buying 1.4 tons to tide it over until the autumn harvest.
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