Rice riots of 1993
Rice riots of 1993 — Rice shortage in Japan in 1993 due to a cool summer and panic buying driven by intense media coverage.
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Short descriptions
- ja 1993年の冷夏によるコメの大凶作と、マスコミの過熱報道と買い占め者増加を背景に、外国産米の緊急輸入制度導入と備蓄米制度拡充に至ったパニック