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Japan's Food Self-Sufficiency Stagnates at 38% Amid Weather Challenges

10/11/2025

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Japan's agriculture ministry said the calorie-based self-sufficiency rate stayed at 38% for fiscal 2024, unchanged for four years.
Rice consumption and domestic production of sugar beets and sugarcane rose.
Adverse weather reduced yields of wheat and soybeans.
The 45% fiscal 2030 target was set by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
The calorie intake-based self-sufficiency rate stood at 46%, with production-value-based rate rising to 64%, up 3 percentage points from last year.

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Japan's agriculture ministry said the calorie-based self-sufficiency rate stayed at 38% for fiscal 2024, unchanged for four years.
Rice consumption and domestic production of sugar beets and sugarcane rose.
Adverse weather reduced yields of wheat and soybeans.
The 45% fiscal 2030 target was set by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
The calorie intake-based self-sufficiency rate stood at 46%, with production-value-based rate rising to 64%, up 3 percentage points from last year.