Steamed Price

The price of eggs in America has become a major story. But it’s nothing compared to this. Japan is short on rice. NYT (Gift Article): Going Once, Going Twice: 165,000 Tons of Rice. “Japan doesn’t have enough rice, a pillar of its diet. A shortage forced supermarkets to implement buying limits, and soaring prices have driven restaurants to hike prices of everyday food. Things have gotten so dire that, for the first time, the government is tapping its emergency stockpile in an effort to drive down prices.”

+ Japan also has a shortage of people to serve rice. Enter the cat-eared robots. Japan’s service robot market projected to triple in five years.