After March, the weather in Tokyo began to warm up. The temperature of more than ten degrees during the day can already take off the cumbersome warm clothes and put on a slightly thinner wool sweater.
However, compared with the warming temperature, the cold wave that spreads in the political arena has not dissipated. On the contrary, there is a trend of intensification. Those politicians who have not appeared much before have also appeared in heavy makeup.
Also after March, another big trouble fell on the head of the already shaky Cabinet of Kiichi Miyazawa.
Affected by the national low temperature and insufficient light after August last year, the rice in Japan suffered a serious failure.
After the New Year, although the Japanese government invested more than 40,000 tons of rice in stock, it still failed to improve the market conditions.
After March, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released the 1993 rice harvest forecast survey report, announcing that Japan will encounter a cold summer in the new year. It is expected that the harvest of Hokkaido, Iwate, Aomori, and Miyagi will be extremely poor among the major rice-producing areas in Japan. The harvest of Hokkaido, Iwate, Aomori, and Miyagi will be extremely poor, while the production areas such as Fukushima and Mie are poor.
Once this report was published, it immediately caused an uproar across Japan. Then, there was a phenomenon of rushing to buy, hoarding and price gouging in the rice market, and it was very common
In Japan, rice is a very special commodity because it is the most important staple food for the Japanese. For a long time, the Japanese government has strictly stipulated the production, circulation and pricing of rice.
Every year, the Japanese government will predict the supply and demand of rice and arrange production and reserves according to the forecast results. The Agricultural Association, which is responsible for organizing rice production, is a very special organization. It is responsible for formulating rice production plans throughout Japan and putting them into implementation after approval by the government.
Last year, the government predicted that the total rice demand in Japan was 8.7 million tons, so the inventory and all the rice sold on the market were the number, and there was no more ton. The so-called excess rice has been destroyed, and the destroyed part was also subsidized by the government.
As a result, by March this year, the new rice had not yet been launched, but the rice on the market was cleared out due to rushing to buy and hoarding. As a result, a rice commotion across Japan broke out without warning.
Today, Japan is a member of the WTO. However, due to the constraints of domestic rice policies, Japan has always been strictly guarding against the issue of rice imports when participating in WTO negotiations. It has developed a minimum import obligation. Moreover, the tariffs on rice imported according to this obligation are as high as 49%, and the market price is much higher than that of Japanese local rice.
In addition, Japanese rice imports adopt two methods: general tendering and public tendering
Although both methods claim to be international and anyone can come to participate, it restricts the types of imported rice. Japan does not import short-grain rice similar to local rice, but only imports long-grain rice and medium-grain rice. These two types of rice do not meet the tastes of the Japanese and are difficult to sell.
In fact, while protecting local rice, Japan's rice import policy mainly excludes japonica rice from Northeast China, because in the international market, japonica rice from Northeast China is extremely similar to Japanese rice in terms of appearance and taste.
Faced with the sudden rice turmoil, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was forced to seek help from China in order to alleviate the crisis of domestic rice shortage, and urgently purchased millions of tons of Northeast japonica rice, and planned to mix these japonica rice into local Japanese rice to sell to balance the market.
In early March, the motion was formed in the province of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and began to be implemented. However, the agreement with China was just reached and the first batch of rice was ready to be shipped, and the whole thing was kicked out.
Starting from the second Monday in March, a large number of reports on Northeast China's japonica rice suddenly appeared in major Japanese media. What are the cultivation of Northeast China's japonica rice with manure, excessive pesticide residues, etc., etc., are all negative news.
Soon, the attack pointed at Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet. A large number of opposition politicians jumped out to accuse Kuangjue Tamabe, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet, said that he ignored the physical health of the Japanese people and tried to replace Japanese local rice with problematic Northeast japonica rice.
In addition to politicians, the strong agricultural association also jumped out and promoted the import of Northeast japonica rice, which would destroy Japan's rice production structure and have a permanent impact or even harm Japan's agriculture. Therefore, Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet is a traitor!
This political attack caused by the roe commotion triggered a demonstration and petition marches organized by opposition parties in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and other cities in Japan. In helplessness, the cabinet of Miyazawa Kiichi could only bring down Tamabe Kuratoshi, who is the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, to take the blame.
On March 14, Tamabu Kurakuno Province held a press conference to apologize to the Japanese people regarding the import of rice and announce his resignation as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
In the next two days, a dramatic scene, or the opposition parties longed for, finally arrived. Because the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was vacant, Kiichi Miyazawa came up with a new nomination, but the nomination failed to be passed in the House of Representatives.
what does that mean?
There is no doubt that this means that the Miyazawa Kiichi Cabinet, or the Liberal Democratic Party, has lost control of the majority of the House of Representatives, which is undoubtedly very dangerous, because it also means that once someone initiates a case of distrust in the Miyazawa Kiichi Cabinet, the chances of its passage in the House of Representatives will be very high.
The status of Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet has reached a precarious level
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Kashiwahara, the famous Tokyo golf course
Miyashita Kita held a club like a look, imitating others' appearance, swung the club, and hit it out violently. The club head passed by the top of the ball, directly hitting it.
The people watching next to him were stunned for a while before someone chuckled softly: Akamoto-kun always needs to adapt to it for a while
It's Ah, it's Ah... Everyone agreed, and there were people in between that, at least the posture was standard
Raising his hand and scratching his forehead, Miyashita Kita turned around awkwardly, shrugging at everyone
Next to him, a young woman in a short white skirt and a sun hat walked over, smiled at Miyashigata, pressed against his body, helped him hold the club, and almost swung him step by step.
This time the situation was good. The golf ball in the grass was knocked out from a distance and fell within the green range.
Thunderous applause suddenly sounded around, and all kinds of praise came up like money
This was not something I beat. Miyashita Kita smiled, one hand pressed against the woman's belly, and the other hand was placed on her slender waist, saying, "It was entirely Miss Hatano's credit."
With this sentence, the praise fell on the young woman again, making the woman's fair little face turn red in an instant
Kita Kitani ignored everyone's praise, his eyes crossed the top of everyone's heads and rushed to the edge of the woods in the distance. At that position, a moped was slowly driving south along the lawn. A man wearing a black hat on the car turned his head and looked at this side.
OK, you guys play, hand the club in your hand to the woman, Miyashita Kita took off his hands and said with a smile, I have something to deal with, remember to have lunch together, I have already decided on the place
Everyone beside him saluted and watched him leave
After getting on his moped, Miyashita Kita drove straight towards the woods. He was not interested in playing golf. The reason he came here today was because he had made an appointment to meet someone here.
The moped car was running over the lawn, but in just a few minutes it reached the edge of the woods. The guy wearing a black hat stopped not far away. He had a mask on his face, looking mysterious.
Miyashita Kita-kun helps the car parked not far from the other party. After getting off the car, he bowed to the other party and said: Mr. Ozawa, please come with me, Hosokawa-kun is already waiting for you
The guy wearing a mask nodded, got on the moped again, followed the moped from Miyashita Kita and drove towards the south side of the forest.
Turning through the woods, there is a small ridge of grass hills. Two mopeds drive up the top of the hill and drive down from the other side. Facing you, there is a small lake with clear water. There is a small white house on the lakeside, which is a place for members to drink coffee.
Miyashita Kita will help the car park at the door and get off the car first and wait for the other party to come over.
Are all the people you arranged there? The guy called Ozawa got off the electric car. He turned around and looked around. Seeing someone shaking in the woodland and grass hills, he asked in a low voice.
Mr. Ozawa and Hosokawa-kun didn't want anyone to know about your meeting. Miyagi Kita bent his waist and laughed softly, so I made some arrangements. Mr. Ozawa, although he was worried, no one would break in.
Ozawa nodded, walked past him, and went straight into the main entrance of the cafe
Miyashita Kita looked around again, then followed the other party and walked into the main entrance
At this time, there was only one person in the cafe, sitting in the bar. If you were a person who was familiar with Japanese politics, you could recognize this guy who was like a waiter at a glance. It was last year that he left the Liberal Democratic Party and formed his own political strongman for the Japanese New Party, former Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Hosokawa Toshihiro, Hosokawa Prefecture Governor.
The man with mask who had just walked in the door had already taken off the mask on his face. He was Ichiro Ozawa who had just quit the Liberal Democratic Party not long ago.
These two people were out of the public's sight and suddenly ran to this place for a secret meeting. This was a big event that could cause a sensation.
However, compared with the warming temperature, the cold wave that spreads in the political arena has not dissipated. On the contrary, there is a trend of intensification. Those politicians who have not appeared much before have also appeared in heavy makeup.
Also after March, another big trouble fell on the head of the already shaky Cabinet of Kiichi Miyazawa.
Affected by the national low temperature and insufficient light after August last year, the rice in Japan suffered a serious failure.
After the New Year, although the Japanese government invested more than 40,000 tons of rice in stock, it still failed to improve the market conditions.
After March, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released the 1993 rice harvest forecast survey report, announcing that Japan will encounter a cold summer in the new year. It is expected that the harvest of Hokkaido, Iwate, Aomori, and Miyagi will be extremely poor among the major rice-producing areas in Japan. The harvest of Hokkaido, Iwate, Aomori, and Miyagi will be extremely poor, while the production areas such as Fukushima and Mie are poor.
Once this report was published, it immediately caused an uproar across Japan. Then, there was a phenomenon of rushing to buy, hoarding and price gouging in the rice market, and it was very common
In Japan, rice is a very special commodity because it is the most important staple food for the Japanese. For a long time, the Japanese government has strictly stipulated the production, circulation and pricing of rice.
Every year, the Japanese government will predict the supply and demand of rice and arrange production and reserves according to the forecast results. The Agricultural Association, which is responsible for organizing rice production, is a very special organization. It is responsible for formulating rice production plans throughout Japan and putting them into implementation after approval by the government.
Last year, the government predicted that the total rice demand in Japan was 8.7 million tons, so the inventory and all the rice sold on the market were the number, and there was no more ton. The so-called excess rice has been destroyed, and the destroyed part was also subsidized by the government.
As a result, by March this year, the new rice had not yet been launched, but the rice on the market was cleared out due to rushing to buy and hoarding. As a result, a rice commotion across Japan broke out without warning.
Today, Japan is a member of the WTO. However, due to the constraints of domestic rice policies, Japan has always been strictly guarding against the issue of rice imports when participating in WTO negotiations. It has developed a minimum import obligation. Moreover, the tariffs on rice imported according to this obligation are as high as 49%, and the market price is much higher than that of Japanese local rice.
In addition, Japanese rice imports adopt two methods: general tendering and public tendering
Although both methods claim to be international and anyone can come to participate, it restricts the types of imported rice. Japan does not import short-grain rice similar to local rice, but only imports long-grain rice and medium-grain rice. These two types of rice do not meet the tastes of the Japanese and are difficult to sell.
In fact, while protecting local rice, Japan's rice import policy mainly excludes japonica rice from Northeast China, because in the international market, japonica rice from Northeast China is extremely similar to Japanese rice in terms of appearance and taste.
Faced with the sudden rice turmoil, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was forced to seek help from China in order to alleviate the crisis of domestic rice shortage, and urgently purchased millions of tons of Northeast japonica rice, and planned to mix these japonica rice into local Japanese rice to sell to balance the market.
In early March, the motion was formed in the province of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and began to be implemented. However, the agreement with China was just reached and the first batch of rice was ready to be shipped, and the whole thing was kicked out.
Starting from the second Monday in March, a large number of reports on Northeast China's japonica rice suddenly appeared in major Japanese media. What are the cultivation of Northeast China's japonica rice with manure, excessive pesticide residues, etc., etc., are all negative news.
Soon, the attack pointed at Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet. A large number of opposition politicians jumped out to accuse Kuangjue Tamabe, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet, said that he ignored the physical health of the Japanese people and tried to replace Japanese local rice with problematic Northeast japonica rice.
In addition to politicians, the strong agricultural association also jumped out and promoted the import of Northeast japonica rice, which would destroy Japan's rice production structure and have a permanent impact or even harm Japan's agriculture. Therefore, Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet is a traitor!
This political attack caused by the roe commotion triggered a demonstration and petition marches organized by opposition parties in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and other cities in Japan. In helplessness, the cabinet of Miyazawa Kiichi could only bring down Tamabe Kuratoshi, who is the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, to take the blame.
On March 14, Tamabu Kurakuno Province held a press conference to apologize to the Japanese people regarding the import of rice and announce his resignation as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
In the next two days, a dramatic scene, or the opposition parties longed for, finally arrived. Because the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was vacant, Kiichi Miyazawa came up with a new nomination, but the nomination failed to be passed in the House of Representatives.
what does that mean?
There is no doubt that this means that the Miyazawa Kiichi Cabinet, or the Liberal Democratic Party, has lost control of the majority of the House of Representatives, which is undoubtedly very dangerous, because it also means that once someone initiates a case of distrust in the Miyazawa Kiichi Cabinet, the chances of its passage in the House of Representatives will be very high.
The status of Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet has reached a precarious level
********************
Kashiwahara, the famous Tokyo golf course
Miyashita Kita held a club like a look, imitating others' appearance, swung the club, and hit it out violently. The club head passed by the top of the ball, directly hitting it.
The people watching next to him were stunned for a while before someone chuckled softly: Akamoto-kun always needs to adapt to it for a while
It's Ah, it's Ah... Everyone agreed, and there were people in between that, at least the posture was standard
Raising his hand and scratching his forehead, Miyashita Kita turned around awkwardly, shrugging at everyone
Next to him, a young woman in a short white skirt and a sun hat walked over, smiled at Miyashigata, pressed against his body, helped him hold the club, and almost swung him step by step.
This time the situation was good. The golf ball in the grass was knocked out from a distance and fell within the green range.
Thunderous applause suddenly sounded around, and all kinds of praise came up like money
This was not something I beat. Miyashita Kita smiled, one hand pressed against the woman's belly, and the other hand was placed on her slender waist, saying, "It was entirely Miss Hatano's credit."
With this sentence, the praise fell on the young woman again, making the woman's fair little face turn red in an instant
Kita Kitani ignored everyone's praise, his eyes crossed the top of everyone's heads and rushed to the edge of the woods in the distance. At that position, a moped was slowly driving south along the lawn. A man wearing a black hat on the car turned his head and looked at this side.
OK, you guys play, hand the club in your hand to the woman, Miyashita Kita took off his hands and said with a smile, I have something to deal with, remember to have lunch together, I have already decided on the place
Everyone beside him saluted and watched him leave
After getting on his moped, Miyashita Kita drove straight towards the woods. He was not interested in playing golf. The reason he came here today was because he had made an appointment to meet someone here.
The moped car was running over the lawn, but in just a few minutes it reached the edge of the woods. The guy wearing a black hat stopped not far away. He had a mask on his face, looking mysterious.
Miyashita Kita-kun helps the car parked not far from the other party. After getting off the car, he bowed to the other party and said: Mr. Ozawa, please come with me, Hosokawa-kun is already waiting for you
The guy wearing a mask nodded, got on the moped again, followed the moped from Miyashita Kita and drove towards the south side of the forest.
Turning through the woods, there is a small ridge of grass hills. Two mopeds drive up the top of the hill and drive down from the other side. Facing you, there is a small lake with clear water. There is a small white house on the lakeside, which is a place for members to drink coffee.
Miyashita Kita will help the car park at the door and get off the car first and wait for the other party to come over.
Are all the people you arranged there? The guy called Ozawa got off the electric car. He turned around and looked around. Seeing someone shaking in the woodland and grass hills, he asked in a low voice.
Mr. Ozawa and Hosokawa-kun didn't want anyone to know about your meeting. Miyagi Kita bent his waist and laughed softly, so I made some arrangements. Mr. Ozawa, although he was worried, no one would break in.
Ozawa nodded, walked past him, and went straight into the main entrance of the cafe
Miyashita Kita looked around again, then followed the other party and walked into the main entrance
At this time, there was only one person in the cafe, sitting in the bar. If you were a person who was familiar with Japanese politics, you could recognize this guy who was like a waiter at a glance. It was last year that he left the Liberal Democratic Party and formed his own political strongman for the Japanese New Party, former Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Hosokawa Toshihiro, Hosokawa Prefecture Governor.
The man with mask who had just walked in the door had already taken off the mask on his face. He was Ichiro Ozawa who had just quit the Liberal Democratic Party not long ago.
These two people were out of the public's sight and suddenly ran to this place for a secret meeting. This was a big event that could cause a sensation.