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Re:The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis by jbm on Sunday April 16, 2017 @07:29PM (#14128197)
Agreed; you can also see the recent butter shortages in Japan for an example of the same issue.

As for why that happens; the farmers are (were?) a huge political ally for the LDP. (The TPP was going to be a huge change for that, but alas, it won't be happening..)

Re:The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis by jbm on Monday April 17, 2017 @02:41AM (#14129567)
I was wrong about the TPP being completely dead.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/16/national/tokyo-s...