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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba encouraged farmers to disregard a decades-old cap on rice production and boost cultivation. The policy shift could increase domestic rice supply and weigh on local rice prices and agricultural producers over time, but no quantitative targets were provided and the announcement is unlikely to produce immediate market-wide moves.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba encouraged farmers to disregard a decades-old cap on rice production and boost cultivation. The policy shift could increase domestic rice supply and weigh on local rice prices and agricultural producers over time, but no quantitative targets were provided and the announcement is unlikely to produce immediate market-wide moves.