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Pandemic puts pressure on Japan to open up rice stockpile to charities

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Tokyo, Japan Thomson Reuters Foundation When Ayumi lost her part-time job at a restaurant last summer, she ended up relying on rice and pre-packaged fare delivered once a month by a food bank to her college campus in Tokyo. “I cut my meals to once a day, in mid-afternoon,” the 22-year-old said. “Many friends were […]