Stores running out of stocks in Kansai area

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1. There’s been a start of a rice shortage before the whole earthquake fiasco so

2. No different from 2011. Just chill, it’ll rebalance.

3. You should keep a stock of rice, even without the current panic because of the earthquake. Even a single extra 5kg bag will last you way more than a month if you are a single person. Personally we always have 20 to 50kg which is 3 to 6 months supply for a family of 3.

4. When was the last time Japan bought Rice from America?

5. Yeah here in Osaka too. I thought maybe I’ll buy an extra water or 2 for the emergency bag but the supermarket shelves were bare.

6. I saw people buying toilet paper again in piles. We are rats.

7. It’s a combination of factors:

   – Rumours of a rice shortage because of a poor rainy season made some people panic buy rice

   – Rumours of a mega-quake being due sometime “soon” in the east of Japan made more people panic buy stuff in general, including rice

   … and in that great vicious cycle …

   – Rumours of panic buying made more people panic buy.

8. There are some reports of cannibalism in Saitama. No more than usual though

9. Too many tourists.

   So many our rice supplies cannot sustain the tourist load.

   It is about time we close the gates.

10. you should try the stock market!

    I’ll let myself out, thank you very much