TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday insisted “it won’t sacrifice the farm sector” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusations about restrictions on access to the Japanese rice market.
It means that a tariff of 341 yen ($2.4) per kilogram of rice will remain in place for now, a rate that has been in place since Japan opened its market in 1999 and allowed importers to bring in rice as long as they pay a 341-yen tariff per kilo.
