Japan Farm Minister Visits Paris for Rice Exports
Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki visited Paris food shops and supermarkets to promote Japanese rice exports, noting sushi and onigiri are widely sold. He pledged stronger sales efforts and met Carrefour executives. The government aims to boost domestic and overseas demand before expanding rice production under revised national policy framework.
Paris, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has inspected “onigiri” rice ball and Japanese food shops, as well as local supermarkets, in Paris as he hopes to expand Japanese rice exports.
During his inspection Thursday, Suzuki said that many stores in the French capital “sell sushi and onigiri just as a matter of course.”
“We’ll make strong sales efforts and work hard so that rice produced in Japan will be used as much as possible,” he said.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration revised her predecessor’s policy of expanding rice production. It aims to secure domestic and foreign demand before achieving medium- to long-term expansion of rice production.
During the inspection, Suzuki exchanged opinions with a leader of French retail giant Carrefour’s foreign food department and other people.
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Source : Jiji.com
