The truth is, they had a lot of rice, and producers began producing rice for animals, not for human consumption. The government encouraged this, and now there's no rice for human consumption, coinciding with some pests or something like that, which also affected production.

On the other hand, Japan holds treasury bonds from most countries, so many large countries will be affected by the decision made on Sunday.

But it is truly a kind of tragicomedy that it is the rice that triggers this whole disaster.