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Heat-tolerant rice harvest headed to imperial palace ritual

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 6:26 AM UTC · How we work

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Haruki Kawasaki harvests heat-resistant hinatamaru rice in Saga prefecture.
The 600 kg harvest will be offered in an imperial palace rice-offering ritual.
Heat-tolerant rice now covers 67% of Saga’s acreage, 48% of Nagasaki’s and 47% of Shimane’s.
Nationwide, heat-tolerant varieties occupied 248,000 hectares last year, 18% of Japan’s rice crop.
Japan’s meteorological agency created a “cruelly hot days” category for temperatures above 40 °C.

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Haruki Kawasaki harvests heat-resistant hinatamaru rice in Saga prefecture.
The 600 kg harvest will be offered in an imperial palace rice-offering ritual.
Heat-tolerant rice now covers 67% of Saga’s acreage, 48% of Nagasaki’s and 47% of Shimane’s.
Nationwide, heat-tolerant varieties occupied 248,000 hectares last year, 18% of Japan’s rice crop.
Japan’s meteorological agency created a “cruelly hot days” category for temperatures above 40 °C.