Hacker News with Generative AI: Rice

The 'king of poisons' is building up in rice (grist.org)
As the planet heats up, this popular process of growing rice is becoming increasingly more dangerous for the millions of people worldwide that eat the grain regularly, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.
Japan plans to sell rice from emergency stockpiles to cut prices (japantimes.co.jp)
Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the grain.
Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages despite normal crops? (mainichi.jp)